Genesis 17:1:16Gen.17.1.W16PAT
וֶהְיֵ֥ה
veheye
“be”
- Transliteration
- ve-he-YE
- Extended
- veh-heh-YEH
- IPA
- /vɛ.hə.ˈjeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- be
- French
- sois
- Spanish
- sé
- Portuguese
- sê
- German
- sei
- Russian
- будь
- Arabic-Simplified
- وكن
- Hindi
- हो
- Chinese-Simplified
- 要
- 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
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-he-YE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-he-YE ta-MIM
- clause
va-ye-RA Ye-ho-VAH el-av-RAM va-yo-MER e-LAV a-ni-EL shad-DAI hit-ha-LEKH le-fa-NAI ve-he-YE ta-MIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI av-RAM ben-ti-she-IM sha-NA ve-TE-sha sha-NIM va-ye-RA Ye-ho-VAH el-av-RAM va-yo-MER e-LAV a-ni-EL shad-DAI hit-ha-LEKH le-fa-NAI ve-he-YE ta-MIM
In context — Genesis 17:1
Abram was son of ninety year and nine years LORD appeared to Abram said to him I am God Almighty walk before me be blameless
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:1:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 17:1, so the Hebrew word וֶהְיֵ֥ה (veheye) 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.17.1.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.1.W16.S1) and character.