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
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 ke-mish-LOSH kho-da-SHIM
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.