Genesis 12:11:1Gen.12.11.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֕י
vayehi
“it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /va.jəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it happened
- French
- il arriva
- Spanish
- aconteció
- Portuguese
- aconteceu
- German
- geschah
- Russian
- случилось
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَحَدَثَ
- Hindi
- ऐसा हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 发生了
- Korean
- 일어났다
- Indonesian
- terjadi
- Bengali
- ঘটল
- Tagalog
- nangyari
- Swahili
- ikatokea
- Amharic
- ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- o mere
- Twi
- ɛbae
- Ewe
- eva
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
- clause
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER hi-ke-RIV la-VO mi-tse-RA-ye-ma
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER hi-ke-RIV la-VO mi-tse-RA-ye-ma va-YO-mer el-sa-RAI i-she-TO hi-ne-NA ya-DA-ti KI i-SHA ye-fat-mar-EH AT
In context — Genesis 12:11
it happened when he came near to enter Egypt he said to Sarai his wife look now I know that you are beautiful in appearance a woman
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 12:11, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֕י (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.12.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.11.W1.S1) and character.