Genesis 39:20:13Gen.39.20.W13PAT
וַֽיְהִי־שָׁ֖ם
vayehisham
“and he was there”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI-SHAM
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE-SHAAM
- IPA
- /vaj.ə.ˈhiː.ˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he was there
- French
- et il était là
- Spanish
- y estuvo allí
- Portuguese
- e ele estava lá
- German
- und er war dort
- Russian
- и он был там
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ
- Hindi
- और वह वहाँ था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他就在那里
- Korean
- 그리고 그는 거기에 있었다
- Indonesian
- dan dia ada di sana
- Bengali
- আর সে সেখানে ছিল
- Tagalog
- at siya ay naroon
- Swahili
- naye alikuwa huko
- Amharic
- እርሱም በዚያ ነበረ
- Yoruba
- ó sì wà níbẹ̀
- Igbo
- ọ nọkwara ebe ahụ
- Twi
- na ɔwɔ hɔ
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI-SHAM
- clause
va-ye-HI-SHAM be-VEIT ha-SO-har
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-do-NEI yo-SEF o-TO va-yit-te-NE-hu el-BEIT ha-SO-har me-KOM a-SHER-a-su-REI a-si-REI ha-ME-lekh a-su-RIM va-ye-HI-SHAM be-VEIT ha-SO-har
In context — Genesis 39:20
and took master of Joseph him and put him to the house of the prison place where the confined of prisoners of the king were bound and he was there in the house of the prison
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:20:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 39:20, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי־שָׁ֖ם (vayehisham) 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.39.20.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.20.W13.S1) and character.