Genesis 35:22:14Gen.35.22.W14PAT
וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ
vayihyu
“were”
- Transliteration
- va-yih-YU
- Extended
- vah-yih-YOO
- IPA
- /waj.jih.ˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
- French
- étaient
- Spanish
- eran
- Portuguese
- eram
- German
- waren
- Russian
- были
- Arabic-Simplified
- وكانوا
- Hindi
- थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 有
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- ada
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- at naging
- Swahili
- walikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- jẹ́
- Igbo
- bụrụ
- Twi
- yɛ
- Ewe
- nɔ
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yih-YU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yih-YU be-nei-ya-a-KOV
- clause
va-yih-YU be-nei-ya-a-KOV she-NEIM a-SAR
- 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 35:22:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 35:22, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ (vayihyu) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.22.W14.S1) and character.