Genesis 40:4:8Gen.40.4.W8PAT
וַיִּהְי֥וּ
vayihyu
“they remained”
- Transliteration
- va-yih-YU
- Extended
- vah-yih-YOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jihˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they remained
- French
- ils restèrent
- Spanish
- permanecieron
- Portuguese
- permaneceram
- German
- blieben
- Russian
- оставались
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَمَكَثُوا
- Hindi
- वे रहे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们停留了
- Korean
- 그들은 머물렀다
- Indonesian
- mereka tinggal
- Bengali
- তারা রইল
- Tagalog
- sila ay nanatili
- Swahili
- walikaa
- Amharic
- ቆዩ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n dúró
- Igbo
- ha nọgidere
- Twi
- wɔtenaa
- Ewe
- wo nɔ
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yih-YU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yih-YU ya-MIM
- clause
va-yih-YU ya-MIM be-mish-MAR
- sentence
va-yif-KOD SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM et-yo-SEF it-TAM va-ye-SHA-ret o-TAM va-yih-YU ya-MIM be-mish-MAR
In context — Genesis 40:4
appointed the chief of the slaughterers Joseph with them he served them they remained days in custody
About this coordinate
Genesis 40:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 40:4, so the Hebrew word וַיִּהְי֥וּ (vayihyu) 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.40.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.40.4.W8.S1) and character.