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
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
- clause
va-ye-HI be-TSET naf-SHAH KI ME-ta va-tik-RA she-MO ben-o-NI
- 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 context — Genesis 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.