Genesis 35:22:1Gen.35.22.W1PAT

וַיְהִ֗י

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 aconteció
Portuguese
e aconteceu
German
und es geschah
Russian
и было
Arabic-Simplified
وحدث
Hindi
और ऐसा हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
于是发生了
Korean
그리고 일어났다
Indonesian
dan terjadilah
Bengali
এবং এমন ঘটল
Tagalog
at nangyari
Swahili
ikawa
Amharic
እንዲህም ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
Igbo
o wee bụrụ
Twi
na ɛbae
Ewe
eye va yi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֗י
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 bi-KON yis-ra-EL ba-A-retz ha-HI va-YE-lekh re-u-VEN va-yish-KAV et-bil-HA pi-le-GESH a-VIV

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI bi-KON yis-ra-EL ba-A-retz ha-HI va-YE-lekh re-u-VEN va-yish-KAV et-bil-HA pi-le-GESH a-VIV va-yish-MA yis-ra-EL va-yih-YU be-nei-ya-a-KOV she-NEIM a-SAR

In contextGenesis 35:22

and it happened while dwelling Israel in the land that went Reuben he lay with Bilhah concubine of his father heard of it Israel were the sons of Jacob two ten

About this coordinate

Genesis 35:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 35:22, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֗י (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.35.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.22.W1.S1) and character.