Genesis 4:17:7Gen.4.17.W7PAT
וַֽיְהִי֙
vayehi
“he was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vaj.əˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was
- French
- il était
- Spanish
- estaba
- Portuguese
- estava
- German
- war
- Russian
- он
- Arabic-Simplified
- كَانَ
- Hindi
- था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 正在
- Korean
- 그는
- Indonesian
- sedang
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- nang
- Swahili
- alikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበረ
- Yoruba
- wà
- Igbo
- nọ
- Twi
- ɔwɔ
- Ewe
- nɔ
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 BO-ne EER va-yik-RA SHEM ha-EER ke-SHEM be-NO kha-NOKH
- sentence
va-YE-da KA-yin et-ish-TO va-TA-har va-TE-led et-kha-NOKH va-ye-HI BO-ne EER va-yik-RA SHEM ha-EER ke-SHEM be-NO kha-NOKH
In context — Genesis 4:17
Cain knew his wife she conceived she bore Enoch he was building a city named the name of the city as the name of his son Enoch
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 4:17, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי֙ (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.4.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.17.W7.S1) and character.