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

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Result
וֽ͏ַ + יְ + הִ֖י
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 mihk-KETS ya-MIM

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.