Genesis 43:2:1Gen.43.2.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֗י
vayehi
“And it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /waj.əˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- And it happened
- French
- Et il arriva
- Spanish
- Y sucedió
- Portuguese
- E aconteceu
- German
- und es geschah
- Russian
- и было
- Arabic-Simplified
- وحدث
- Hindi
- और ऐसा हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 事情发生了
- Korean
- 그리고 일이 일어났다
- Indonesian
- dan terjadilah
- Bengali
- আর এমন হল
- Tagalog
- at nangyari
- Swahili
- ikawa
- Amharic
- እንዲህም ሆነ
- Yoruba
- Ó sì ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- O wee mee
- Twi
- na ɛbaa sɛ
- Ewe
- Eye va yi
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 ka-a-SHER ki-LU le-e-KHOL et-ha-SHE-ver a-SHER he-VI-u mi-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER ki-LU le-e-KHOL et-ha-SHE-ver a-SHER he-VI-u mi-mits-RA-yim va-YO-mer a-lei-HEM a-vi-HEM shu-VOO shiv-ru-LA-nu me-at-O-khel
In context — Genesis 43:2
And it happened when they had finished eating the grain that they had brought from Egypt {He} said to them their father Return buy for us a little food
About this coordinate
Genesis 43:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 43:2, 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.43.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.2.W1.S1) and character.