Genesis 24:15:1Gen.24.15.W1PAT
וַֽיְהִי־ה֗וּא
vayehihu
“and it happened that he”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-hi-HU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-hee-HOO
- IPA
- /wa.jə.hiː.ˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened that he
- French
- et il arriva qu'il
- Spanish
- y sucedió que él
- Portuguese
- e aconteceu que ele
- German
- und es geschah dass er
- Russian
- и было что он
- Arabic-Simplified
- وحدث أنه
- Hindi
- और ऐसा हुआ कि वह
- Chinese-Simplified
- 当时他
- Korean
- 그리고 이렇게 되어 그가
- Indonesian
- dan terjadilah bahwa ia
- Bengali
- আর এমন হল যে সে
- Tagalog
- at nangyari na siya
- Swahili
- na ikawa kwamba yeye
- Amharic
- እንዲህም ሆነ እርሱ
- Yoruba
- ó sì ṣe pé òun
- Igbo
- o wee mee na ọ
- Twi
- na ɛbaa sɛ ɔno
- Ewe
- eye be eya
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-hi-HU
- clause
va-ye-hi-HU TE-rem kil-LA le-dab-BER ve-hin-NE riv-KA yo-TSET a-SHER yul-le-DA li-ve-tu-EL ben-mil-KA E-shet na-KHOR a-KHI av-ra-HAM
- sentence
va-ye-hi-HU TE-rem kil-LA le-dab-BER ve-hin-NE riv-KA yo-TSET a-SHER yul-le-DA li-ve-tu-EL ben-mil-KA E-shet na-KHOR a-KHI av-ra-HAM ve-kad-DAH al-shikh-MAH
In context — Genesis 24:15
and it happened that he before finished speaking and behold Rebekah coming out who was born to Bethuel son of Milcah wife of Nahor brother of Abraham and her jar upon her shoulder
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 24:15, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי־ה֗וּא (vayehihu) 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.24.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.15.W1.S1) and character.