Genesis 39:5:15Gen.39.5.W15PAT
וַיְהִ֞י
vayehi
“and it was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /va.jəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was
- French
- et ce fut
- Spanish
- y fue
- Portuguese
- e foi
- German
- und es war
- Russian
- и было
- Arabic-Simplified
- وكانت
- Hindi
- और थी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并且有
- Korean
- 그리고 있었다
- Indonesian
- dan adalah
- Bengali
- এবং ছিল
- Tagalog
- at noon ay
- Swahili
- na ilikuwa
- Amharic
- እና ነበረ
- Yoruba
- ó sì jẹ́
- Igbo
- o wee bụrụ
- Twi
- na ɛyɛɛ sɛ
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 bi-re-KAT Ye-ho-VAH be-KOL-a-SHER yesh-LO ba-BA-yit u-va-sa-DEH
- 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 context — Genesis 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 39:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 39:5, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֞י (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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.5.W15.S1) and character.