Genesis 21:20:7Gen.21.20.W7PAT
וַיְהִ֖י
vayehi
“became”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- became
- French
- devint
- Spanish
- se hizo
- Portuguese
- tornou-se
- German
- wurde
- Russian
- стал
- Arabic-Simplified
- صَارَ
- Hindi
- बन गया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 成了
- Korean
- 되었다
- Indonesian
- menjadi
- Bengali
- হয়ে উঠল
- Tagalog
- naging
- Swahili
- akawa
- Amharic
- ሆነ
- Yoruba
- di
- Igbo
- ghọrọ
- Twi
- yɛɛ
- Ewe
- zu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֖י
↓
va + ye + hi
↓
vayehi
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI
- clause
va-ye-SHEV ba-mid-BAR va-ye-HI ro-VE ka-SHAT
- 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 21:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 21:20, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֖י (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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.20.W7.S1) and character.