Genesis 40:20:1Gen.40.20.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֣י
vayehi
“it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wa.jəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it happened
- French
- il arriva
- Spanish
- sucedió
- Portuguese
- aconteceu
- German
- es geschah
- Russian
- случилось
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَحَدَثَ
- Hindi
- ऐसा हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就发生了
- Korean
- 일이 일어났다
- Indonesian
- terjadilah
- Bengali
- ঘটল
- Tagalog
- at nangyari
- Swahili
- ikawa
- Amharic
- ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- o mere
- Twi
- ɛbaa sɛ
- Ewe
- e dzɔ
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI YOM hul-LE-det et-par-O va-ya-AS mish-TE le-khol-a-va-DAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI YOM hul-LE-det et-par-O va-ya-AS mish-TE le-khol-a-va-DAV va-yis-SA et-ROSH SAR ha-mash-KIM ve-et-ROSH SAR ha-o-FIM be-TOKH a-va-DAV
In context — Genesis 40:20
it happened on the day the third day birth of Pharaoh he made a feast for all his servants he lifted up the head of the chief of the cupbearers and the head of the chief of the bakers in the midst of his servants
About this coordinate
Genesis 40:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 40:20, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֣י (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.40.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.40.20.W1.S1) and character.