Genesis 41:8:1Gen.41.8.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֤י
vayehi
“it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it happened
- French
- il arriva
- Spanish
- sucedió
- Portuguese
- aconteceu
- German
- geschah
- Russian
- случилось
- Arabic-Simplified
- حَدَثَ
- Hindi
- ऐसा हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 发生了
- Korean
- 일이 일어났다
- Indonesian
- terjadilah
- Bengali
- ঘটল
- Tagalog
- nangyari
- Swahili
- ikatokea
- Amharic
- ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- o mere
- Twi
- ɛbaeɛ
- Ewe
- eye
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 va-BO-ker
- clause
va-ye-HI va-BO-ker va-tip-PA-em ru-KHO va-yish-LAKH va-yik-RA ET-KOL-khar-tu-MEI mits-RA-yim ve-ET-KOL-kha-kha-ME-ha
- sentence
va-ye-HI va-BO-ker va-tip-PA-em ru-KHO va-yish-LAKH va-yik-RA ET-KOL-khar-tu-MEI mits-RA-yim ve-ET-KOL-kha-kha-ME-ha va-ye-sa-PER par-O la-HEM ET-kha-LO-mo ve-EIN-po-TER o-TAM le-par-O
In context — Genesis 41:8
it happened in the morning was troubled his spirit he sent he called all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men told Pharaoh to them his dream and there was no one to interpret them to Pharaoh
About this coordinate
Genesis 41:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 41:8, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֤י (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.41.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.41.8.W1.S1) and character.