Genesis 12:14:1Gen.12.14.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֕י
vayehi
“it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it happened
- French
- il arriva
- Spanish
- aconteció
- Portuguese
- aconteceu
- German
- geschah
- Russian
- случилось
- Arabic-Simplified
- وحدث
- Hindi
- ऐसा हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 发生了
- Korean
- 일어났다
- Indonesian
- terjadi
- Bengali
- ঘটল
- Tagalog
- at nangyari
- Swahili
- ikawa
- Amharic
- ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- o mere
- Twi
- ɛbae
- Ewe
- eva me
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 ke-VO av-RAM mi-tse-RA-ye-ma
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-VO av-RAM mi-tse-RA-ye-ma va-yir-U ha-mi-tse-RIM et-ha-i-SHA ki-ya-FA HI me-OD
In context — Genesis 12:14
it happened Abram upon entering Egypt the Egyptians saw the woman that beautiful she very
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 12:14, 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.12.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.14.W1.S1) and character.