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
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-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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.