Genesis 39:11:1Gen.39.11.W1PAT
וַיְהִי֙
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /va.jəˈhiː/
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
- وَحَدَثَ
- Hindi
- और ऐसा हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就发生了
- Korean
- 그리고 일이 일어났다
- Indonesian
- dan terjadilah
- Bengali
- এবং ঘটল
- Tagalog
- at nangyari
- Swahili
- ikawa
- Amharic
- እንዲህም ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- o wee mee
- Twi
- na ɛbae
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
- clause
va-ye-HI ke-ha-YOM ha-ZEH va-ya-VO ha-BA-ye-ta la-a-SOT me-la-khe-TO
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-ha-YOM ha-ZEH va-ya-VO ha-BA-ye-ta la-a-SOT me-la-khe-TO ve-EIN ISH me-a-ne-SHEI ha-BA-yit SHAM ba-BA-yit
In context — Genesis 39:11
and it happened like the day this and he came to the house to do his work and there was no man from the men of the house there in the house
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 39:11, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִי֙ (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.39.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.11.W1.S1) and character.