Genesis 2:7:11Gen.2.7.W11PAT
וַֽיְהִ֥י
vayehi
“{And He} became”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} became
- French
- {Et Il} devint
- Spanish
- {Y Él} llegó a ser
- Portuguese
- {E Ele} tornou-se
- German
- {Und Er} wurde
- Russian
- {И Он} стал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَصَارَ
- Hindi
- {और वह} बना
- Chinese-Simplified
- {并且他} 成了
- Korean
- {그리고 그가} 되었다
- Indonesian
- {Dan Dia} menjadi
- Bengali
- {এবং তিনি} হলেন
- Tagalog
- at naging
- Swahili
- {Na} akawa
- Amharic
- {እና እርሱ} ሆነ
- Yoruba
- {Sì Òun} di
- Igbo
- {Ma Ọ} ghọrọ
- Twi
- {Na Ɔno} bɛyɛɛ
- Ewe
- {Eye E} zu
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 ha-a-DAM
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-a-DAM le-NE-fesh khai-YA
- sentence
va-yi-TSER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-a-DAM a-FAR min-ha-a-da-MA va-yip-PAKH be-ap-PAV nish-MAT khai-YIM va-ye-HI ha-a-DAM le-NE-fesh khai-YA
In context — Genesis 2:7
LORD God {And He} formed the human dust from the ground {And} He breathed into his nostrils breath of life the human {And He} became a being living
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 2:7, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִ֥י (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.2.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.7.W11.S1) and character.