Genesis 35:18:1Gen.35.18.W1PAT

וַיְהִ֞י

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 이렇게 되었다
Indonesian
dan terjadilah
Bengali
আর এমন হলো
Tagalog
at nangyari
Swahili
na 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 + הִ֞י
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-TSET naf-SHAH KI ME-ta va-tik-RA she-MO ben-o-NI

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI be-TSET naf-SHAH KI ME-ta va-tik-RA she-MO ben-o-NI ve-a-VIV ka-ra-LO vin-ya-MIN

In contextGenesis 35:18

and it happened at the departing of her soul for she was dying she called his name Ben-Oni but his father named him Benjamin

About this coordinate

Genesis 35:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 35:18, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֞י (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.35.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.18.W1.S1) and character.