Genesis 30:25:1Gen.30.25.W1PAT

וַיְהִ֕י

vayehi

and it happened

Transliteration
va-ye-HI
Extended
vah-yeh-HEE
IPA
/vajəˈhiː/

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 ऐसा हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
事情发生了
Korean
그리고 이렇게 되었다
Indonesian
dan terjadilah
Bengali
আর এমন হল
Tagalog
at nangyari
Swahili
ikawa
Amharic
እናም ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
Igbo
o wee mee
Twi
na ɛbaa sɛ
Ewe
eye va yi

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Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֕י
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 ya-le-DA ra-KHEL et-yo-SEF

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER ya-le-DA ra-KHEL et-yo-SEF va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-la-VAN shal-le-KHE-ni ve-el-KHA el-me-ko-MI u-le-ar-TSI

In contextGenesis 30:25

and it happened when bore Rachel Joseph said Jacob to Laban send me away that I may go to my place and to my land

About this coordinate

Genesis 30:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 30:25, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֕י (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.30.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.30.25.W1.S1) and character.