Genesis 29:25:1Gen.29.25.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֣י
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wa.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
- وكان
- Hindi
- और हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 到了
- Korean
- 그리고 일이 일어났다
- Indonesian
- dan terjadilah
- Bengali
- আর ঘটল
- Tagalog
- at nangyari
- Swahili
- ikawa
- Amharic
- እና ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- o wee mee
- Twi
- na ɛbae
- 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 ba-BO-ker
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-BO-ker ve-hin-neh-HI le-A
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-BO-ker ve-hin-neh-HI le-A va-YO-mer el-la-VAN ma-ZOT a-SI-ta LI ha-LO ve-ra-KHEL a-VAD-ti im-MAKH ve-la-MA ri-mi-TA-ni
In context — Genesis 29:25
and it happened in the morning and behold, it was Leah he said to Laban what is this that you did to me was it not for Rachel I served with you then why have you deceived me
About this coordinate
Genesis 29:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 29:25, 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.29.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.25.W1.S1) and character.