Genesis 38:7:1Gen.38.7.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֗י
vayehi
“and it was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was
- French
- et il fut
- Spanish
- y fue
- Portuguese
- e foi
- German
- und es war
- Russian
- и было
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَانَ
- Hindi
- और ऐसा हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 于是有
- Korean
- 그리고 되었다
- Indonesian
- dan jadilah
- Bengali
- আর হল
- Tagalog
- at nangyari
- Swahili
- ikawa
- Amharic
- እናም ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó sì jẹ́
- Igbo
- ọ bụkwara
- Twi
- na ɛbaa sɛ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֗י
↓
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 ER be-KHOR ye-hu-DA RA be-ey-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI ER be-KHOR ye-hu-DA RA be-ey-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-mi-TE-hu Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Genesis 38:7
and it was Er firstborn of Judah evil in the eyes of LORD and he put him to death LORD
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 38:7, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֗י (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.38.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.7.W1.S1) and character.