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

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Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֥י
va + ye + hi
vayehi

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-HI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-HI khi-me-tsa-KHEK

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI khi-me-tsa-KHEK be-e-NEI kha-ta-NAV

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.