Genesis 25:20:1Gen.25.20.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֤י
vayehi
“was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
- French
- avait
- Spanish
- tenía
- Portuguese
- tinha
- German
- war
- Russian
- был
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَانَ
- Hindi
- था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 年纪有
- Korean
- 이었다
- Indonesian
- berumur
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- at
- Swahili
- alikuwa na
- Amharic
- ነበረ
- Yoruba
- jẹ
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- yɛɛ
- Ewe
- nye
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 yi-tse-KHAK
- clause
va-ye-HI yi-tse-KHAK ben-ar-ba-IM sha-NA be-kakh-TO et-riv-KA bat-be-tu-EL ha-a-ra-MI mi-pa-DAN a-RAM
- sentence
va-ye-HI yi-tse-KHAK ben-ar-ba-IM sha-NA be-kakh-TO et-riv-KA bat-be-tu-EL ha-a-ra-MI mi-pa-DAN a-RAM a-KHOT la-VAN ha-a-ra-MI LO le-ish-SHA
In context — Genesis 25:20
Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram sister of Laban the Aramean to him as wife
About this coordinate
Genesis 25:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 25:20, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֤י (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.25.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.20.W1.S1) and character.