Genesis 39:5:1Gen.39.5.W1PAT

וַיְהִ֡י

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
وكان
Hindi
और ऐसा हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
并且发生了
Korean
그리고 일이 일어났다
Indonesian
dan terjadilah
Bengali
এবং ঘটল
Tagalog
at nangyari
Swahili
ikawa
Amharic
እና ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
Igbo
o wee bụrụ
Twi
na ɛbaa sɛ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֡י
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 me-AZ hi-fe-KID o-TO be-VEI-to ve-AL kol-a-SHER yesh-LO va-ye-VA-rekh Ye-ho-VAH et-BEIT ha-mitse-RI bi-ge-LAL yo-SEF

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI me-AZ hi-fe-KID o-TO be-VEI-to ve-AL kol-a-SHER yesh-LO va-ye-VA-rekh Ye-ho-VAH et-BEIT ha-mitse-RI bi-ge-LAL yo-SEF va-ye-HI bi-re-KAT Ye-ho-VAH be-KOL-a-SHER yesh-LO ba-BA-yit u-va-sa-DEH

In contextGenesis 39:5

and it happened from then he appointed him in his house and over all that he had and he blessed LORD the house of the Egyptian because of Joseph and it was the blessing of LORD in all that he had in the house and in the field

About this coordinate

Genesis 39:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 39:5, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֡י (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.39.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.5.W1.S1) and character.