Genesis 31:10:1Gen.31.10.W1PAT

וַיְהִ֗י

vayehi

and it happened

Transliteration
va-ye-HI
Extended
vah-yeh-HEE
IPA
/wa.jəˈhiː/

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
और ऐसा हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
就发生了
Korean
그리고 일어났다
Indonesian
dan terjadilah
Bengali
আর তা ঘটল
Tagalog
at nangyari
Swahili
ikawa
Amharic
እናም ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
Igbo
o wee mee
Twi
na ɛbaa sɛ
Ewe
eye dzɔ

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Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֗י
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 be-ET ya-KHEM ha-TSON va-e-SA ei-NAI va-E-re ba-kha-LOM

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI be-ET ya-KHEM ha-TSON va-e-SA ei-NAI va-E-re ba-kha-LOM ve-hi-NE ha-a-tu-DIM ha-o-LIM al-ha-TSON a-ku-DIM ne-ku-DIM u-ve-ru-DIM

In contextGenesis 31:10

and it happened at the time of conceiving the flock I lifted my eyes I saw in the dream and behold the male goats the ones going up upon the flock striped spotted and mottled

About this coordinate

Genesis 31:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 31:10, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֗י (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.31.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.10.W1.S1) and character.