Genesis 21:20:1Gen.21.20.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֧י
vayehi
“was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
- French
- était
- Spanish
- estaba
- Portuguese
- estava
- German
- war
- Russian
- был
- Arabic-Simplified
- كَانَ
- Hindi
- था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- ada
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- ay
- Swahili
- alikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበረ
- Yoruba
- wà
- Igbo
- nọ
- Twi
- wɔ
- Ewe
- nɔ
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 e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-ye-HI e-lo-HIM et-ha-NA-ar va-yig-DAL
- sentence
va-ye-HI e-lo-HIM et-ha-NA-ar va-yig-DAL va-ye-SHEV ba-mid-BAR va-ye-HI ro-VE ka-SHAT
In context — Genesis 21:20
God was with the boy grew dwelt in the wilderness became skilled with the bow
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:20, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֧י (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.21.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.20.W1.S1) and character.