Genesis 19:14:15Gen.19.14.W15PAT
וַיְהִ֥י
vayehi
“he was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was
- French
- il fut
- Spanish
- fue
- Portuguese
- foi
- German
- war
- Russian
- был
- Arabic-Simplified
- كان
- Hindi
- वह था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他成了
- Korean
- 그는 있었다
- Indonesian
- ia menjadi
- Bengali
- সে ছিল
- Tagalog
- siya ay naging
- Swahili
- akawa
- Amharic
- ነበረ
- Yoruba
- ó jẹ́
- Igbo
- ọ bụ
- Twi
- ɔdaa
- Ewe
- eɖe
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 khi-me-tsa-KHEK
- clause
va-ye-HI khi-me-tsa-KHEK be-e-NEI kha-ta-NAV
- sentence
va-ye-TSE LOT va-ye-da-BER el-kha-ta-NAV lo-ke-KHEI ve-no-TAV va-yo-MER KU-mu tse-U min-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZEH ki-ma-she-KHIT Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-IR va-ye-HI khi-me-tsa-KHEK be-e-NEI kha-ta-NAV
In context — Genesis 19:14
Lot went out spoke to his sons-in-law taking his daughters said rise go out from the place this for destroying LORD the city like joking he was in the eyes of his sons-in-law
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:14:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 19:14, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֥י (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.19.14.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.14.W15.S1) and character.