Genesis 29:10:1Gen.29.10.W1PAT

וַיְהִ֡י

vayehi

and it happened

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

Meaning by language

English
and it happened
French
et il arriva
Spanish
y sucedió
Portuguese
e aconteceu
German
und es geschah
Russian
и было
Arabic-Simplified
وَحَدَثَ
Hindi
और ऐसा हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
事情发生了
Korean
일이 일어났다
Indonesian
dan terjadilah
Bengali
এমন হলো
Tagalog
at nangyari
Swahili
na ikawa
Amharic
እንዲህ ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
Igbo
o wee mee
Twi
na ɛbaa sɛ
Ewe
eye va yi be

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֡י
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. clause

    va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER ra-A ya-a-KOV et-ra-KHEL bat-la-VAN a-KHI im-MO ve-et-TSON la-VAN a-KHI im-MO

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER ra-A ya-a-KOV et-ra-KHEL bat-la-VAN a-KHI im-MO ve-et-TSON la-VAN a-KHI im-MO va-yig-GASH ya-a-KOV va-ya-GEL et-ha-E-ven me-AL PI ha-be-ER va-YASHK et-TSON la-VAN a-KHI im-MO

In contextGenesis 29:10

and it happened when saw Jacob Rachel daughter of Laban brother of his mother and the flock of Laban brother of his mother came near Jacob rolled the stone from upon mouth of the well he watered the flock of Laban brother of his mother

About this coordinate

Genesis 29:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 29:10, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֡י (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.29.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.10.W1.S1) and character.