Genesis 34:25:1Gen.34.25.W1PAT

וַיְהִי֩

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
于是发生了
Korean
그리고 일이 일어났다
Indonesian
dan terjadilah
Bengali
আর ঘটল
Tagalog
at nangyari
Swahili
ikawa
Amharic
እናም ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
Igbo
o wee mee
Twi
na ɛbaa sɛ
Ewe
eye be

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + הִי֩
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 ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI bi-he-yo-TAM ko-a-VEEM va-yik-KHU she-nei-ve-nei-ya-a-KOV shim-ON ve-le-VI a-KHEI di-NA ISH khar-BO va-ya-VO-u al-ha-IR BE-takh

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI bi-he-yo-TAM ko-a-VEEM va-yik-KHU she-nei-ve-nei-ya-a-KOV shim-ON ve-le-VI a-KHEI di-NA ISH khar-BO va-ya-VO-u al-ha-IR BE-takh va-ya-har-GU kol-za-KHAR

In contextGenesis 34:25

and it happened on the day third when they were sore took two sons of Jacob Simeon and Levi brothers of Dinah each man his sword they came against the city securely they killed every male

About this coordinate

Genesis 34:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 34:25, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִי֩ (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.34.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.25.W1.S1) and character.