Genesis 39:2:4Gen.39.2.W4PAT
וַיְהִ֖י
vayehi
“and became”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and became
- French
- et devint
- Spanish
- y llegó a ser
- Portuguese
- e tornou-se
- German
- und wurde
- Russian
- и стал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَصَارَ
- Hindi
- और बना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就成为
- Korean
- 그리고 되었다
- Indonesian
- dan menjadi
- Bengali
- এবং হয়ে উঠল
- Tagalog
- at naging
- Swahili
- akawa
- Amharic
- እና ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó sì di
- Igbo
- ma ghọọ
- Twi
- na ɔyɛɛ
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 Ye-ho-VAH et-yo-SEF va-ye-HI ISH ma-tse-LI-akh
- sentence
va-ye-HI Ye-ho-VAH et-yo-SEF va-ye-HI ISH ma-tse-LI-akh va-ye-HI be-VEIT a-do-NAV ha-mi-tse-RI
In context — Genesis 39:2
and was LORD with Joseph and became a man prospering and was in the house of his master the Egyptian
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 39:2, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֖י (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.39.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.2.W4.S1) and character.