Genesis 36:11:1Gen.36.11.W1PAT
וַיִּהְי֖וּ
vayihyu
“were”
- Transliteration
- va-yih-YU
- Extended
- vah-yih-YOO
- IPA
- /waj.jih.ˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
- French
- furent
- Spanish
- fueron
- Portuguese
- foram
- German
- waren
- Russian
- были
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَانُوا
- Hindi
- थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 이었다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- ay
- Swahili
- walikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- jẹ́
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- yɛ
- Ewe
- nye
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּהְ + י֖וּ
↓
va + yih + yu
↓
vayihyu
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yih-YU
- clause
va-yih-YU be-NE e-li-FAZ
- sentence
va-yih-YU be-NE e-li-FAZ tei-MAN o-MAR tse-FO ve-ga-e-TAAM u-ke-NAZ
In context — Genesis 36:11
were sons of Eliphaz Teman Omar Zepho and Gatam and Kenaz
About this coordinate
Genesis 36:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 36:11, so the Hebrew word וַיִּהְי֖וּ (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.36.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.11.W1.S1) and character.