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
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-me-SHIV ya-DO
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.