Genesis 22:20:1Gen.22.20.W1PAT

וַיְהִ֗י

vayehi

it happened

Transliteration
va-ye-HI
Extended
vah-yeh-HEE
IPA
/vaj.ə.ˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
it happened
French
arriva
Spanish
aconteció
Portuguese
aconteceu
German
geschah
Russian
случилось
Arabic-Simplified
وَكَانَ
Hindi
हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
发生了
Korean
일어났다
Indonesian
terjadi
Bengali
ঘটল
Tagalog
at nangyari
Swahili
ikatokea
Amharic
ሆነ
Yoruba
ó ṣẹlẹ
Igbo
o mere
Twi
ɛbae
Ewe
eva

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Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֗י
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 a-kha-REI had-de-va-RIM ha-EL-leh va-yug-GAD le-av-ra-HAM le-MOR

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI a-kha-REI had-de-va-RIM ha-EL-leh va-yug-GAD le-av-ra-HAM le-MOR hin-NEH ya-le-DA mil-KA gam-HI ba-NIM le-na-KHOR a-KHI-kha

In contextGenesis 22:20

it happened after things these was told to Abraham saying behold Milcah she also has borne sons to Nahor your brother

About this coordinate

Genesis 22:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 22:20, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֗י (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.22.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.20.W1.S1) and character.