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
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-hi-LO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-hi-LO tson-u-va-KAR
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.