Genesis 47:28:1Gen.47.28.W1PAT

וַיְחִ֤י

vayekhi

{And} lived

Transliteration
va-ye-KHI
Extended
vah-yeh-KHEE
IPA
/wajəˈħiː/

Meaning by language

English
{And} lived
French
{Et} vécut
Spanish
{Y} vivió
Portuguese
{E} viveu
German
{Und} lebte
Russian
{И} жил
Arabic-Simplified
وعاش
Hindi
{और} जीया
Chinese-Simplified
{并且}住了
Korean
{그리고} 살았다
Indonesian
{Dan} hidup
Bengali
{এবং} বাস করল
Tagalog
at nabuhay
Swahili
{Na} aliishi
Amharic
{እና} ኖረ
Yoruba
{Ati} gbé
Igbo
{Na} biri
Twi
{Na} tenaa ase
Ewe
{Eye} le agbe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + חִ֤י
va + ye + khi
vayekhi

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
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-KHI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-KHI ya-a-KOV

  3. clause

    va-ye-KHI ya-a-KOV be-E-rets mits-RA-yim she-VA es-REH sha-NA

  4. sentence

    va-ye-KHI ya-a-KOV be-E-rets mits-RA-yim she-VA es-REH sha-NA va-ye-HI ye-mei-ya-a-KOV she-NEI khai-YAV she-VA sha-NIM ve-ar-ba-IM u-me-AT sha-NA

In contextGenesis 47:28

{And} lived Jacob in the land of Egypt seven ten years {And} were the days of Jacob the years of his life seven years and forty and a hundred years

About this coordinate

Genesis 47:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 47:28, so the Hebrew word וַיְחִ֤י (vayekhi) 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.47.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.28.W1.S1) and character.