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
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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-KHI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-KHI ya-a-KOV
- clause
va-ye-KHI ya-a-KOV be-E-rets mits-RA-yim she-VA es-REH sha-NA
- 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 context — Genesis 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.