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

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Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֞י
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 bi-re-KAT Ye-ho-VAH be-KOL-a-SHER yesh-LO ba-BA-yit u-va-sa-DEH

  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 39:5:15 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.