Genesis 38:9:8Gen.38.9.W8PAT

וְהָיָ֞ה

vehaya

“and it happened”

Transliteration: ve-ha-YA
Extended: veh-haa-YAA
IPA: /və.haːˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English: and it happened
French: et il arrivait
Spanish: y sucedía
Portuguese: e acontecia
German: und es geschah
Russian: и бывало
Arabic-Simplified: وَكَانَ
Hindi: और ऐसा होता था
Chinese-Simplified: 并且发生
Korean: 그리고 그렇게 되었다
Indonesian: dan terjadilah
Bengali: এবং এমন হতো
Tagalog: at nangyayari
Swahili: na ikawa
Amharic: እናም ይሆን ነበር
Yoruba: ó sì máa ń ṣẹlẹ̀
Igbo: ọ na-adịkwa
Twi: na ɛba saa

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Result

וְ + הָ + יָ֞ה

↓

ve + ha + ya

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vehaya

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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Word in context

word
ve-ha-YA
clause
ve-ha-YA im-BA el-E-shet a-KHIV ve-shi-KHET AR-e-tsa le-vil-TI ne-tan-ZE-ra le-a-KHIV
sentence
va-ye-DA o-NAN KI LO LO yi-he-YE ha-ZA-ra ve-ha-YA im-BA el-E-shet a-KHIV ve-shi-KHET AR-e-tsa le-vil-TI ne-tan-ZE-ra le-a-KHIV

In context — Genesis 38:9

and he knew Onan that not to him would be the offspring and it happened if he entered to the wife of his brother and he wasted to the ground in order not give offspring to his brother

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 38:9, so the Hebrew word וְהָיָ֞ה (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.38.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.9.W8.S1) and character.

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