Genesis 20:12:8Gen.20.12.W8PAT

וַתְּהִי־לִ֖י

vattehili

she became to me

Transliteration
vat-te-hi-LI
Extended
vaht-teh-hee-LEE
IPA
/vat.tə.hiː.ˈliː/

Meaning by language

English
she became to me
French
elle devint pour moi
Spanish
llegó a ser para mí
Portuguese
tornou-se para mim
German
wurde mir
Russian
стала мне
Arabic-Simplified
وَصَارَتْ لِي
Hindi
मेरे लिए हुई
Chinese-Simplified
成了我的
Korean
내게 되었다
Indonesian
menjadi bagiku
Bengali
আমার জন্য হলো
Tagalog
at naging para sa akin
Swahili
akawa kwangu
Amharic
ለእኔ ሆነች
Yoruba
ó di fún mi
Igbo
ọ ghọrọ m
Twi
ɔyɛɛ me
Ewe
ezu na nye

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַת + תְּ + הִי + לִ֖י
vat + te + hi + li
vattehili

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
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
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    vat-te-hi-LI

  2. clause

    vat-te-hi-LI le-i-SHA

  3. sentence

    ve-gam-om-NA a-kho-TI vat-a-VI HI AKH LO vat-i-MI vat-te-hi-LI le-i-SHA

In contextGenesis 20:12

and also indeed she my sister daughter of my father but not daughter of my mother she became to me for a wife

About this coordinate

Genesis 20:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 20:12, so the Hebrew word וַתְּהִי־לִ֖י (vattehili) 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.20.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.12.W8.S1) and character.