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

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Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֖י
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. clause

    va-ye-HI Ye-ho-VAH et-yo-SEF va-ye-HI ISH ma-tse-LI-akh

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.