Genesis 15:12:1Gen.15.12.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֤י
vayehi
“it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /va.jə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it happened
- French
- il arriva
- Spanish
- sucedió
- Portuguese
- aconteceu
- German
- geschah
- Russian
- случилось
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَانَتْ
- Hindi
- ऐसा हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 发生了
- Korean
- 일어났다
- Indonesian
- terjadilah
- Bengali
- ঘটল
- Tagalog
- at nangyari
- Swahili
- ikatokea
- Amharic
- ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- o mere
- Twi
- ɛbaa sɛ
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ha-SHE-mesh
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-SHE-mesh la-VO ve-tar-de-MA naf-LA al-av-RAM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-SHE-mesh la-VO ve-tar-de-MA naf-LA al-av-RAM ve-hin-NE ei-MA kha-she-KHA ge-do-LA no-FE-let a-LAV
In context — Genesis 15:12
the sun it happened to set upon Abram fell and a deep sleep and behold terror great darkness falling upon him
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 15:12, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֤י (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.15.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.12.W1.S1) and character.