Genesis 21:22:1Gen.21.22.W1PAT
וַֽיְהִי֙
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 случилось
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَحَدَثَ
- Hindi
- और ऐसा हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 发生了
- Korean
- 그리고 그렇게 되었다
- Indonesian
- dan terjadilah
- Bengali
- আর ঘটল
- Tagalog
- at nangyari
- Swahili
- ikawa
- Amharic
- እንዲህም ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- o wee mee
- Twi
- na ɛbaa sɛ
- Ewe
- eye va yi
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
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-ET ha-HI va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh u-fi-KHOL sar-tse-va-O el-av-ra-HAM le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-ET ha-HI va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh u-fi-KHOL sar-tse-va-O el-av-ra-HAM le-MOR e-lo-HIM im-me-KHA be-KHOL a-sher-a-TA o-SE
In context — Genesis 21:22
and it happened at time that Abimelech and Phicol commander of his army said to Abraham saying God is with you in all that you do
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:22, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי֙ (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.21.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.22.W1.S1) and character.