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
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-YOM ha-she-li-SHI
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.