Genesis 39:19:1Gen.39.19.W1PAT

וַיְהִי֩

vayehi

and it happened

Transliteration
va-ye-HI
Extended
vah-yeh-HEE
IPA
/vajəˈhiː/

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
আর ঘটল
Tagalog
at nangyari
Swahili
ikawa
Amharic
እናም ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
Igbo
o wee mee
Twi
na ɛbae

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + הִי֩
va + ye + hi
vayehi

Alphabet Analysis

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-HI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-HI khi-she-MO-a a-do-NAV

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI khi-she-MO-a a-do-NAV et-di-ve-REI i-she-TO a-SHER dib-be-RA e-LAV le-MOR kad-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le a-SA LI a-ve-DE-kha

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI khi-she-MO-a a-do-NAV et-di-ve-REI i-she-TO a-SHER dib-be-RA e-LAV le-MOR kad-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le a-SA LI a-ve-DE-kha va-yi-KHAR ap-PO

In contextGenesis 39:19

and it happened when he heard his master the words of his wife that she spoke to him saying according to the things these he did to me your servant and burned his anger

About this coordinate

Genesis 39:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 39:19, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִי֩ (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.39.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.19.W1.S1) and character.