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
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 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.