Genesis 4:2:5Gen.4.2.W5PAT
וַֽיְהִי־הֶ֙בֶל֙
vayehihevel
“{And} Abel was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-hi-HE-vel
- Extended
- vah-yeh-hee-HEH-vehl
- IPA
- /wa.jə.hi.ˈhɛ.vɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} Abel was
- French
- {Et} Abel était
- Spanish
- {Y} Abel era
- Portuguese
- {E} Abel era
- German
- {Und} Abel war
- Russian
- {И} Авель был
- Arabic-Simplified
- وكان هابيل
- Hindi
- {और} हाबिल था
- Chinese-Simplified
- {又} 亚伯是
- Korean
- {그리고} 아벨은
- Indonesian
- {Dan} Habel adalah
- Bengali
- {আর} হেবল ছিল
- Tagalog
- at si Abel ay
- Swahili
- {Na} Abeli alikuwa
- Amharic
- {እና} አቤል ነበረ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} Abeli jẹ́
- Igbo
- {Na} Ebel bụ
- Twi
- {Na} Habel yɛ
- Ewe
- {Eye} Habel nye
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-hi-HE-vel
- clause
va-ye-hi-HE-vel RO-eh TSON ve-KAI-yin ha-YA o-VED a-da-MA
- sentence
va-TO-sef la-LE-det ET-a-KHEEV ET-HA-vel va-ye-hi-HE-vel RO-eh TSON ve-KAI-yin ha-YA o-VED a-da-MA
In context — Genesis 4:2
again to bear his brother Abel {And} Abel was a shepherd of sheep {And} Cain was a tiller of ground
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 4:2, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי־הֶ֙בֶל֙ (vayehihevel) 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.4.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.2.W5.S1) and character.