Genesis 39:6:11Gen.39.6.W11PAT
וַיְהִ֣י
vayehi
“now it was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- now it was
- French
- or il était
- Spanish
- y era
- Portuguese
- ora era
- German
- und war
- Russian
- и было
- Arabic-Simplified
- وكانَ
- Hindi
- और था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 那时
- Korean
- 그때
- Indonesian
- adapun itu
- Bengali
- আর ছিল
- Tagalog
- at noon
- Swahili
- basi ilikuwa
- Amharic
- እርሱም ነበረ
- Yoruba
- ó sì wà
- Igbo
- ọ wee bụrụ
- Twi
- na na ɔyɛ
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI yo-SEF
- clause
va-ye-HI yo-SEF ye-fe-TO-ar vi-FE mar-E
- sentence
va-yya-a-ZOV kol-a-sher-LO be-yad-yo-SEF ve-lo-ya-DA it-TO me-u-MA KI im-ha-LE-khem a-sher-HU o-KHEL va-ye-HI yo-SEF ye-fe-TO-ar vi-FE mar-E
In context — Genesis 39:6
and he left all that was his in Joseph's hand and he did not know with him anything except the bread that he was eating now it was Joseph handsome in form and handsome in appearance
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 39:6, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֣י (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.39.6.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.6.W11.S1) and character.