Genesis 35:17:1Gen.35.17.W1PAT

וַיְהִ֥י

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
وَكَانَ
Hindi
और ऐसा हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
就这样发生了
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 be

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֥י
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 ve-hak-sho-TAH

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ve-hak-sho-TAH be-lid-TAH

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ve-hak-sho-TAH be-lid-TAH va-TO-mer LAH ha-me-yal-LE-det al-ti-re-I ki-gam-ZE LAKH BEN

In contextGenesis 35:17

and it happened in her hard labor in her giving birth said to her the midwife do not fear for this also to you a son

About this coordinate

Genesis 35:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 35:17, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֥י (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.35.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.17.W1.S1) and character.