Genesis 40:1:1Gen.40.1.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֗י
vayehi
“and it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it happened
- French
- et il arriva
- Spanish
- y aconteció
- Portuguese
- e aconteceu
- German
- und es geschah
- Russian
- и было
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَحَدَثَ
- Hindi
- और ऐसा हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就这样发生了
- Korean
- 그리고 일이 일어났다
- Indonesian
- dan terjadilah
- Bengali
- আর ঘটল
- Tagalog
- at nangyari
- Swahili
- na ikawa
- Amharic
- እና ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- o wee mee
- Twi
- na ɛbaa sɛ
- Ewe
- eye va
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 a-KHAR had-de-va-RIM ha-E-leh kha-te-U mash-KE me-lekh-mi-tse-RA-yim ve-ha-o-FE
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-KHAR had-de-va-RIM ha-E-leh kha-te-U mash-KE me-lekh-mi-tse-RA-yim ve-ha-o-FE la-a-do-ne-HEM le-ME-lekh mi-tse-RA-yim
In context — Genesis 40:1
and it happened after the things these offended the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and the baker against their lord the king of Egypt
About this coordinate
Genesis 40:1:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 40:1, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֗י (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.40.1.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.40.1.W1.S1) and character.