Genesis 29:23:1Gen.29.23.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֣י
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 было
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَحَدَثَ
- Hindi
- ऐसा हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 到了
- Korean
- 그리되었다
- Indonesian
- terjadilah
- Bengali
- এমন হলো
- Tagalog
- at nangyari
- Swahili
- na ikawa
- Amharic
- እንዲህ ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- o wee mee
- Twi
- na ɛbaa
- Ewe
- eye va yi
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 va-E-rev
- clause
va-ye-HI va-E-rev va-yik-KAKH et-le-A vit-TO va-ya-VE o-TAH e-LAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI va-E-rev va-yik-KAKH et-le-A vit-TO va-ya-VE o-TAH e-LAV va-ya-VO e-LE-ya
In context — Genesis 29:23
and it happened in the evening he took Leah his daughter he brought her to him he went in to her
About this coordinate
Genesis 29:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 29:23, 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.29.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.23.W1.S1) and character.