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
Igbo
dị
Twi
baa
Ewe
li

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֣י
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. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-HI khit-TAT e-lo-HIM

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.