Genesis 38:29:1Gen.38.29.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
于是发生了
Korean
그리고 일이 일어났다
Indonesian
dan terjadilah
Bengali
এবং ঘটল
Tagalog
at nangyari
Swahili
ikawa
Amharic
እናም ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
Igbo
ọ wee mee
Twi
na ɛbaa sɛ

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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-me-SHIV ya-DO

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ke-me-SHIV ya-DO ve-hin-NEH ya-TSA a-KHIV va-TO-mer ma-pa-RA-tse-ta a-LEI-kha PA-rets

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ke-me-SHIV ya-DO ve-hin-NEH ya-TSA a-KHIV va-TO-mer ma-pa-RA-tse-ta a-LEI-kha PA-rets va-yik-RA she-MO PA-rets

In contextGenesis 38:29

and it happened as he was drawing back his hand and behold came out his brother and she said what a breach you have made upon you breach and he called his name Perez

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 38:29, 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.38.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.29.W1.S1) and character.