Genesis 12:2:7Gen.12.2.W7PAT
וֶהְיֵ֖ה
vehye
“be”
- Transliteration
- veh-YE
- Extended
- veh-YEH
- IPA
- /vɛh.ˈjeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- be
- French
- sois
- Spanish
- sé
- Portuguese
- sê
- German
- sei
- Russian
- будь
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكُنْ
- Hindi
- हो
- Chinese-Simplified
- 成为
- Korean
- 되라
- Indonesian
- jadilah
- Bengali
- হও
- Tagalog
- at maging
- Swahili
- uwe
- Amharic
- ሁን
- Yoruba
- jẹ́
- Igbo
- bụrụ
- Twi
- yɛ
- Ewe
- nɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וֶהְ + יֵ֖ה
↓
veh + ye
↓
vehye
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-YE
- clause
veh-YE be-ra-KHA
- sentence
ve-e-e-se-KHA le-GOY ga-DOL va-a-va-re-khe-KHA va-a-ga-de-LA she-ME-kha veh-YE be-ra-KHA
In context — Genesis 12:2
I will make of you great a nation I will bless you I will magnify your name be a blessing
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 12:2, so the Hebrew word וֶהְיֵ֖ה (vehye) 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.12.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.2.W7.S1) and character.