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

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Result
וְ + הָ + יָ֥ה
ve + ha + ya
vehaya

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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  1. word

    ve-ha-YA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ha-YA vi-khe-ZIV

  3. clause

    ve-ha-YA vi-khe-ZIV be-li-de-TAH o-TO

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.