Genesis 44:24:1Gen.44.24.W1PAT
וַיְהִי֙
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 случилось
- 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 ɛbae
- Ewe
- eye wòdzɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יְ + הִי֙
↓
va + ye + hi
↓
vayehi
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI
- clause
va-ye-HI KI a-LI-nu el-av-de-KHA a-VI
- sentence
va-ye-HI KI a-LI-nu el-av-de-KHA a-VI va-na-ged-LO ET div-REI a-do-NI
In context — Genesis 44:24
and it happened when we went up to your servant my father we told him words of my lord
About this coordinate
Genesis 44:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 44:24, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִי֙ (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.44.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.44.24.W1.S1) and character.