Genesis 4:3:1Gen.4.3.W1PAT
וֽ͏ַיְהִ֖י
vayehi
“{And} it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /waj.jə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} it happened
- French
- {Et} il arriva
- Spanish
- {Y} sucedió
- Portuguese
- {E} aconteceu
- German
- {Und} geschah
- Russian
- {И} случилось
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَحَدَثَ
- Hindi
- {और} हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- {于是} 发生了
- Korean
- {그리고} 일어났다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} terjadi
- Bengali
- {আর} ঘটল
- Tagalog
- at nangyari
- Swahili
- {Na} ikawa
- Amharic
- {እና} ሆነ
- Yoruba
- {Sì} ó ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- {Na} o mere
- Twi
- ɛbaa sɛ
- Ewe
- {Eye} eva yi
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 mihk-KETS ya-MIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI mihk-KETS ya-MIM va-ya-VE KA-yin mihp-RI ha-a-da-MA mihn-KHA la-ye-ho-VAH
In context — Genesis 4:3
at the end of days {And} it happened Cain {And} brought an offering from the fruit of the ground to the LORD
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 4:3, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַיְהִ֖י (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.4.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.3.W1.S1) and character.