Genesis 38:27:1Gen.38.27.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֖י
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /va.jə.ˈhiː/
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
- 就发生了
- Korean
- 그리고 일이 일어났다
- Indonesian
- dan terjadilah
- Bengali
- আর তা ঘটল
- Tagalog
- at nangyari
- Swahili
- na ikawa
- Amharic
- እናም ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ati pe o ṣẹlẹ
- Igbo
- ma o wee bụrụ
- Twi
- na ɛbaa sɛ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֖י
↓
va + ye + hi
↓
vayehi
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI
- clause
va-ye-HI be-ET li-de-TAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-ET li-de-TAH ve-hi-NE te-o-MIM be-vi-te-NAH
In context — Genesis 38:27
and it happened at the time of her giving birth and behold twins in her womb
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 38:27, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֖י (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.38.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.27.W1.S1) and character.