Genesis 20:13:1Gen.20.13.W1PAT

וַיְהִ֞י

vayehi

and it happened

Transliteration
va-ye-HI
Extended
vah-yeh-HEE
IPA
/wa.jə.ˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
and it happened
French
et il arriva
Spanish
y sucedió
Portuguese
e aconteceu
German
und es geschah
Russian
и было
Arabic-Simplified
وكان
Hindi
और ऐसा हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
就这样发生了
Korean
그리고 일이 일어났다
Indonesian
dan terjadilah
Bengali
আর তা ঘটল
Tagalog
at nangyari
Swahili
ikawa
Amharic
እና ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
Igbo
o wee mee
Twi
na ɛbae
Ewe
eye va dzɔ

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Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֞י
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. clause

    va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER hi-te-U o-TI e-lo-HIM mi-BET a-VI va-o-MAR LAH ZE khas-DEKH a-SHER ta-a-SI im-ma-DI

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER hi-te-U o-TI e-lo-HIM mi-BET a-VI va-o-MAR LAH ZE khas-DEKH a-SHER ta-a-SI im-ma-DI EL kol-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER na-VO SHA-ma im-ri-LI a-KHI HU

In contextGenesis 20:13

and it happened when God caused to wander me from the house of my father and I said to her this your kindness which you will do with me to every place where we come there say of me my brother he

About this coordinate

Genesis 20:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 20:13, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֞י (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.20.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.13.W1.S1) and character.