Genesis 38:24:1Gen.38.24.W1PAT

וַיְהִ֣י

vayehi

and it happened

Transliteration
va-ye-HI
Extended
vah-yeh-HEE
IPA
/vajəˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
and it happened
French
et il arriva
Spanish
y sucedió
Portuguese
e aconteceu
German
und es geschah
Russian
и было
Arabic-Simplified
وحدث
Hindi
और ऐसा हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
事情发生了
Korean
그리고 일이 일어났다
Indonesian
dan terjadilah
Bengali
আর ঘটল
Tagalog
at nangyari
Swahili
ikawa
Amharic
እናም ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
Igbo
o wee mee
Twi
na ɛbaa sɛ

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 ke-mish-LOSH kho-da-SHIM

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ke-mish-LOSH kho-da-SHIM va-yug-GAD li-ye-hu-DA le-MOR za-ne-TA ta-MAR kal-la-TE-kha ve-GAM hin-NE ha-RA li-ze-nu-NIM

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ke-mish-LOSH kho-da-SHIM va-yug-GAD li-ye-hu-DA le-MOR za-ne-TA ta-MAR kal-la-TE-kha ve-GAM hin-NE ha-RA li-ze-nu-NIM va-YO-mer ye-hu-DA ho-tsi-U ve-tis-sa-REF

In contextGenesis 38:24

and it happened about three months and it was told to Judah saying has committed sexual immorality Tamar your daughter-in-law and also behold pregnant for acts of prostitution and he said Judah bring her out and let her be burned

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 38:24, 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.38.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.24.W1.S1) and character.