Genesis 35:5:2Gen.35.5.W2PAT
וַיְהִ֣י
vayehi
“was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
- French
- fut
- Spanish
- estuvo
- Portuguese
- esteve
- German
- war
- Russian
- был
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَانَ
- Hindi
- था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 临到
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- ada
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- at nagkaroon
- Swahili
- ikawa
- Amharic
- ነበረ
- Yoruba
- wà
- Igbo
- dị
- Twi
- baa
- Ewe
- li
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI khit-TAT e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-ye-HI khit-TAT e-lo-HIM al-he-a-RIM a-SHER se-vi-vo-TEI-hem ve-LO rad-FU a-kha-REI be-NEI ya-a-KOV
- sentence
va-yis-SA-u va-ye-HI khit-TAT e-lo-HIM al-he-a-RIM a-SHER se-vi-vo-TEI-hem ve-LO rad-FU a-kha-REI be-NEI ya-a-KOV
In context — Genesis 35:5
they journeyed was terror of God upon the cities that were around them did not pursue after the sons of Jacob
About this coordinate
Genesis 35:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 35:5, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֣י (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.35.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.5.W2.S1) and character.