Genesis 25:27:3Gen.25.27.W3PAT
וַיְהִ֣י
vayehi
“was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /waj.ə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
- French
- fut
- Spanish
- fue
- Portuguese
- foi
- German
- war
- Russian
- был
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَانَ
- Hindi
- था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 였다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- at naging
- Swahili
- alikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበረ
- Yoruba
- jẹ́
- Igbo
- bụrụ
- Twi
- yɛɛ
- Ewe
- zu
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 e-SAV
- clause
va-yig-de-LU han-ne-a-RIM va-ye-HI e-SAV ISH yo-DE-a TSA-yid ISH sa-DE
- sentence
va-yig-de-LU han-ne-a-RIM va-ye-HI e-SAV ISH yo-DE-a TSA-yid ISH sa-DE ve-ya-a-KOV ISH TAM yo-SHEV o-ha-LIM
In context — Genesis 25:27
the youths grew up Esau was a man skillful in hunting a man of the field and Jacob a man quiet dwelling in tents
About this coordinate
Genesis 25:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 25:27, 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.25.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.27.W3.S1) and character.