Genesis 12:10:1Gen.12.10.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֥י
vayehi
“there was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /va.jə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- there was
- French
- il y eut
- Spanish
- hubo
- Portuguese
- houve
- German
- es gab
- Russian
- был
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَانَتْ
- Hindi
- था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 有
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- ada
- Bengali
- হয়েছিল
- Tagalog
- at nagkaroon
- Swahili
- kulikuwa na
- Amharic
- ነበረ
- Yoruba
- wà
- Igbo
- dị
- Twi
- bae
- Ewe
- li
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ra-AV
- clause
va-ye-HI ra-AV ba-A-rets
- sentence
va-ye-HI ra-AV ba-A-rets va-YE-red av-RAM mits-rai-MA la-GUR SHAM ki-kha-VED ha-ra-AV ba-A-rets
In context — Genesis 12:10
there was a famine in the land Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there for severe the famine in the land
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 12:10, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֥י (vayehi) 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.12.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.10.W1.S1) and character.