Genesis 2:25:1Gen.2.25.W1PAT

וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ

vayihyu

“{And they} were”

Transliteration: va-yih-YU
Extended: vah-yih-YOO
IPA: /waj.jihˈjuː/

Meaning by language

English: {And they} were
French: {Et ils} étaient
Spanish: {Y ellos} estaban
Portuguese: {E eles} estavam
German: {Und sie} waren
Russian: {И они} были
Arabic-Simplified: وَكَانَا
Hindi: {और वे} थे
Chinese-Simplified: {并且他们} 是
Korean: {그리고 그들은} 있었다
Indonesian: {Dan mereka} adalah
Bengali: {এবং তারা} ছিল
Tagalog: at
Swahili: {Na wao} walikuwa
Amharic: {እነርሱም} ነበሩ
Yoruba: {Àti wọn} wà
Igbo: {Na ha} dị
Twi: {Na wɔn} yɛ
Ewe: {Eye wo} nɔ

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Result

וַ + יִּֽהְ + י֤וּ

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va + yih + yu

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vayihyu

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
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
va-yih-YU
phraseyour reading level
va-yih-YU she-ne-HEM
clause
va-yih-YU she-ne-HEM a-roo-MEEM ha-a-DAM ve-ish-TO
sentence
va-yih-YU she-ne-HEM a-roo-MEEM ha-a-DAM ve-ish-TO ve-LO yit-bo-SHA-shu

In context — Genesis 2:25

the man and his wife {And they} were both of them naked and not ashamed

About this coordinate

Genesis 2:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 2:25, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ (vayihyu) 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.2.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.25.W1.S1) and character.

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