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

Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֣י
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 va-E-rev

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI va-E-rev va-yik-KAKH et-le-A vit-TO va-ya-VE o-TAH e-LAV

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.