Genesis 15:17:1Gen.15.17.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֤י
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wa.jəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened
- French
- et il arriva
- Spanish
- y sucedió
- Portuguese
- e aconteceu
- German
- und es geschah
- Russian
- и было
- Arabic-Simplified
- وحدث
- Hindi
- और ऐसा हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 于是发生了
- Korean
- 그리고 일이 일어났다
- Indonesian
- dan terjadilah
- Bengali
- আর এমন ঘটল
- Tagalog
- at nangyari
- Swahili
- na ikawa
- Amharic
- እና ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- o wee mee
- Twi
- na ɛbae
- Ewe
- eye va yi
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 hash-SHE-mesh
- clause
va-ye-HI hash-SHE-mesh BA-ah va-a-la-TA ha-YA
- sentence
va-ye-HI hash-SHE-mesh BA-ah va-a-la-TA ha-YA ve-hin-NEH tan-NUR a-SHAN ve-lap-PID ESH a-SHER a-VAR BEN hag-ge-za-RIM ha-EL-leh
In context — Genesis 15:17
the sun and it happened had set and thick darkness was and behold smoke a furnace of fire and a torch of that passed between pieces these
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 15:17, 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.15.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.17.W1.S1) and character.