Genesis 11:30:1Gen.11.30.W1PAT
וַתְּהִ֥י
vatehi
“was”
- Transliteration
- va-te-HI
- Extended
- vah-teh-HEE
- IPA
- /vat.təˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
- French
- était
- Spanish
- era
- Portuguese
- era
- German
- war
- Russian
- была
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَانَتْ
- Hindi
- थी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 이었다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- ay
- Swahili
- alikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበረች
- Yoruba
- jẹ́
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- yɛ
- Ewe
- nɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + תְּ + הִ֥י
↓
va + te + hi
↓
vatehi
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-te-HI
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-HI sa-RAI
- clause
va-te-HI sa-RAI a-ka-RA
- sentence
va-te-HI sa-RAI a-ka-RA EIN LAH va-LAD
In context — Genesis 11:30
Sarai was barren had no she child
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 11:30, so the Hebrew word וַתְּהִ֥י (vatehi) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.11.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.30.W1.S1) and character.