Genesis 12:16:4Gen.12.16.W4PAT

וַֽיְהִי־ל֤וֹ

vayehilo

he had

Transliteration
va-ye-hi-LO
Extended
vah-yeh-hee-LOH
IPA
/va.jə.hiː.ˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
he had
French
il avait
Spanish
tenía
Portuguese
tinha
German
er hatte
Russian
у него было
Arabic-Simplified
وكان له
Hindi
उसके पास था
Chinese-Simplified
他有了
Korean
그는 가지고 있었다
Indonesian
ia mempunyai
Bengali
তার ছিল
Tagalog
at mayroon siyang
Swahili
alikuwa na
Amharic
ነበረው
Yoruba
ó ní
Igbo
o nwere
Twi
ɔwɔ
Ewe
nɔ esi

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Result
וַֽ + יְ + הִי + ל֤וֹ
va + ye + hi + lo
vayehilo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-hi-LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-hi-LO tson-u-va-KAR

  3. clause

    va-ye-hi-LO tson-u-va-KAR va-kha-mo-RIM va-a-va-DIM u-she-fa-KHOT va-a-to-NOT u-ge-mal-LIM

  4. sentence

    u-le-av-RAM he-TIV ba-a-vu-RAH va-ye-hi-LO tson-u-va-KAR va-kha-mo-RIM va-a-va-DIM u-she-fa-KHOT va-a-to-NOT u-ge-mal-LIM

In contextGenesis 12:16

he dealt well and for Abram on account of her he had flock and cattle and male donkeys and male servants and female servants and female donkeys and camels

About this coordinate

Genesis 12:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 12:16, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי־ל֤וֹ (vayehilo) 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.12.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.16.W4.S1) and character.