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

Result
וַֽ + יְ + הִי + ה֗וּא
va + ye + hi + hu
vayehihu

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
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-hi-HU

  2. 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

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.