Genesis 24:30:1Gen.24.30.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֣י
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened
- French
- et il arriva
- Spanish
- y sucedió
- Russian
- и было
- Arabic-Simplified
- وحدث
- Hindi
- और ऐसा हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就发生了
- Swahili
- na ikawa
- Twi
- na ɛbaa sɛ
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ki-re-OT et-ha-NE-zem
- clause
va-ye-HI ki-re-OT et-ha-NE-zem ve-et-ha-tse-mi-DIM al-ye-DE a-kho-TO u-khe-sha-me-O et-di-ve-RE ri-ve-KA a-kho-TO le-MOR ko-di-BER e-LAI ha-ISH
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-re-OT et-ha-NE-zem ve-et-ha-tse-mi-DIM al-ye-DE a-kho-TO u-khe-sha-me-O et-di-ve-RE ri-ve-KA a-kho-TO le-MOR ko-di-BER e-LAI ha-ISH va-ya-VO el-ha-ISH ve-hin-NE o-MED al-ha-ge-mal-LIM al-ha-A-yin
In context — Genesis 24:30
and it happened when he saw the ring and the bracelets upon the hands of his sister and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister saying thus spoke the man to me and he came to the man and behold standing by the camels by the spring
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 24:30, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֣י (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.24.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.30.W1.S1) and character.