Genesis 46:12:13Gen.46.12.W13PAT
וַיִּהְי֥וּ
vayihyu
“{And} were”
- Transliteration
- va-yih-YU
- Extended
- vah-yih-YOO
- IPA
- /waj.jih.ˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} were
- French
- {Et} furent
- Spanish
- {Y} fueron
- Portuguese
- {E} foram
- German
- {Und} waren
- Russian
- {И} были
- Arabic-Simplified
- وكانوا
- Hindi
- {और} थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- {并且}是
- Korean
- {그리고} 있었다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} adalah
- Bengali
- {এবং} ছিল
- Tagalog
- at naging
- Swahili
- {Na} walikuwa
- Amharic
- {እና} ሆኑ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} je
- Igbo
- {Na} bu
- Twi
- {Na} ye
- Ewe
- {Kple} 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 ve-nei-FE-rets
- clause
va-ya-MAT ER ve-o-NAN be-E-rets ke-na-AN va-yih-YU ve-nei-FE-rets khets-RON ve-kha-MUL
- sentence
u-ve-NEI ye-hu-DA ER ve-o-NAN ve-she-LA va-FE-rets va-ZA-rakh va-ya-MAT ER ve-o-NAN be-E-rets ke-na-AN va-yih-YU ve-nei-FE-rets khets-RON ve-kha-MUL
In context — Genesis 46:12
{And} sons of Judah Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah {And} died Er and Onan in the land of Canaan {And} were sons of Perez Hezron and Hamul
About this coordinate
Genesis 46:12:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 46:12, 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.46.12.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.46.12.W13.S1) and character.