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
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 ve-hak-sho-TAH
- clause
va-ye-HI ve-hak-sho-TAH be-lid-TAH
- 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 context — Genesis 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.