Genesis 26:34:1Gen.26.34.W1PAT

וַיְהִ֤י

vayehi

it happened

Transliteration
va-ye-HI
Extended
vah-yeh-HEE
IPA
/wa.jəˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
it happened
French
il arriva
Spanish
aconteció
Portuguese
aconteceu
German
geschah
Russian
случилось
Arabic-Simplified
حَدَثَ
Hindi
ऐसा हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
发生了
Korean
일어났다
Indonesian
terjadi
Bengali
ঘটল
Tagalog
nangyari
Swahili
ikatokea
Amharic
ሆነ
Yoruba
sele
Igbo
mere
Twi
ɛbae
Ewe
va dzɔ

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Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֤י
va + ye + hi
vayehi

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-HI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-HI e-SAV

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI e-SAV ben-ar-ba-IM sha-NA va-yik-KAKH i-SHA et-ye-hu-DIT bat-be-e-RI ha-khi-TI

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI e-SAV ben-ar-ba-IM sha-NA va-yik-KAKH i-SHA et-ye-hu-DIT bat-be-e-RI ha-khi-TI ve-et-ba-se-MAT bat-e-LON ha-khi-TI

In contextGenesis 26:34

Esau it happened aged forty years took as wife Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite

About this coordinate

Genesis 26:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 26:34, 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.26.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.34.W1.S1) and character.