Genesis 35:3:11Gen.35.3.W11PAT
וַיְהִי֙
vayehi
“he was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was
- French
- il fut
- Spanish
- estuvo
- Portuguese
- esteve
- German
- er war
- Russian
- был
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَانَ
- Hindi
- वह था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他曾
- Korean
- 그가 계셨다
- Indonesian
- ia ada
- Bengali
- তিনি ছিলেন
- Tagalog
- at siya ay
- Swahili
- alikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበረ
- Yoruba
- ó wà
- Igbo
- ọ nọ
- Twi
- ɔwɔ
- Ewe
- enɔ
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
ve-e-e-se-SHAM miz-BE-akh la-EL ha-o-NE o-TI be-YOM tsa-ra-TI va-ye-HI im-ma-DI ba-DE-rekh a-SHER ha-lakh-TI
- sentence
ve-na-KU-ma ve-na-a-LE beit-EL ve-e-e-se-SHAM miz-BE-akh la-EL ha-o-NE o-TI be-YOM tsa-ra-TI va-ye-HI im-ma-DI ba-DE-rekh a-SHER ha-lakh-TI
In context — Genesis 35:3
let us arise let us go up Bethel I will make there an altar to God the one who answers me in the day of my distress he was with me on the way that I went
About this coordinate
Genesis 35:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 35:3, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִי֙ (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.35.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.3.W11.S1) and character.