Genesis 42:35:1Gen.42.35.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
就发生了
Korean
그리고 이렇게 되었다
Indonesian
dan terjadilah
Bengali
আর এমন হল
Tagalog
at nangyari
Swahili
ikawa
Amharic
እናም ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
Igbo
o wee mee
Twi
na ɛbaa sɛ
Ewe
ke edzɔ be

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֗י
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 HEM me-ri-KIM sa-ke-HEM ve-hi-ne-ISH tse-ror-kas-FO be-sa-KO

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI HEM me-ri-KIM sa-ke-HEM ve-hi-ne-ISH tse-ror-kas-FO be-sa-KO va-yir-U et-tse-ro-ROT kas-fe-HEM HEM-ma va-a-VI-hem va-yi-ra-U

In contextGenesis 42:35

and it happened they emptying their sacks and behold each man bundle of money in his sack saw bundles of their money they and their father were afraid

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:35:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 42:35, 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.42.35.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.35.W1.S1) and character.