Genesis 38:5:8Gen.38.5.W8PAT
וְהָיָ֥ה
vehaya
“and he was”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-YA
- Extended
- veh-haa-YAA
- IPA
- /və.haˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he was
- French
- et il était
- Spanish
- y él estaba
- Portuguese
- e ele estava
- German
- und er war
- Russian
- и он был
- Arabic-Simplified
- وكان
- Hindi
- और वह था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 而他在
- Korean
- 그리고 그는 있었다
- Indonesian
- dan ia berada
- Bengali
- আর সে ছিল
- Tagalog
- at siya ay naroon
- Swahili
- naye alikuwa
- Amharic
- እርሱም ነበረ
- Yoruba
- ó sì wà
- Igbo
- o wee nọ
- Twi
- na ɔwɔe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-YA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YA vi-khe-ZIV
- clause
ve-ha-YA vi-khe-ZIV be-li-de-TAH o-TO
- sentence
va-TO-sef OD va-TE-led BEN va-ti-ke-RA ET-she-MO she-LA ve-ha-YA vi-khe-ZIV be-li-de-TAH o-TO
In context — Genesis 38:5
and she added again and she bore a son and she called his name Shelah and he was in Chezib when she bore him
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 38:5, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָ֥ה (vehaya) 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.38.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.5.W8.S1) and character.