Genesis 29:13:1Gen.29.13.W1PAT

וַיְהִי֩

vayehi

and it happened

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

Meaning by language

English
and it happened
French
et il arriva
Spanish
y sucedió
Portuguese
e aconteceu
German
und es geschah
Russian
и случилось
Arabic-Simplified
وَحَدَثَ
Hindi
और हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
就发生了
Korean
그리고 일어났다
Indonesian
dan terjadilah
Bengali
এবং ঘটল
Tagalog
at nangyari
Swahili
na ikawa
Amharic
እናም ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
Igbo
o wee mee
Twi
na ɛbae
Ewe
eye va yi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + הִי֩
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 khi-she-MO-a la-VAN

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI khi-she-MO-a la-VAN et-SHE-ma ya-a-KOV ben-a-KHO-to va-ya-RATS li-ke-RA-to va-ye-kha-BEK-lo va-ye-na-SHEK-lo va-ye-vi-E-hu el-BEI-to

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI khi-she-MO-a la-VAN et-SHE-ma ya-a-KOV ben-a-KHO-to va-ya-RATS li-ke-RA-to va-ye-kha-BEK-lo va-ye-na-SHEK-lo va-ye-vi-E-hu el-BEI-to va-ye-sa-PER le-la-VAN ET kol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le

In contextGenesis 29:13

and it happened when heard Laban report of Jacob son of his sister he ran to meet him he embraced him he kissed him he brought him to his house he told to Laban all things these

About this coordinate

Genesis 29:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 29:13, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִי֩ (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.29.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.13.W1.S1) and character.