Genesis 36:22:1Gen.36.22.W1PAT
וַיִּהְי֥וּ
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
- وَكَانَ
- Hindi
- थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 이었다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- at naging
- Swahili
- walikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- jẹ́
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- yɛ
- Ewe
- enye
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּהְ + י֥וּ
↓
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yih-YU ve-nei-lo-TAN
- clause
va-yih-YU ve-nei-lo-TAN kho-RI ve-hei-MAM
- sentence
va-yih-YU ve-nei-lo-TAN kho-RI ve-hei-MAM va-a-KHOT lo-TAN tim-NA
In context — Genesis 36:22
were the sons of Lotan Hori and Hemam and the sister of Lotan was Timna
About this coordinate
Genesis 36:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 36:22, so the Hebrew word וַיִּהְי֥וּ (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.36.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.22.W1.S1) and character.