Genesis 47:28:8Gen.47.28.W8PAT

וַיְהִ֤י

vayehi

{And} were

Transliteration
va-ye-HI
Extended
vah-yeh-HEE
IPA
/wajəˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
{And} were
French
{Et} furent
Spanish
{Y} fueron
Portuguese
{E} foram
German
{Und} waren
Russian
{И} были
Arabic-Simplified
وكانت
Hindi
{और} थे
Chinese-Simplified
{并且}是
Korean
{그리고} 이었다
Indonesian
{Dan} adalah
Bengali
{এবং} হলো
Tagalog
at naging
Swahili
{Na} zilikuwa
Amharic
{እና} ሆኑ
Yoruba
{Ati} jẹ́
Igbo
{Na} bụ
Twi
{Na} yɛɛ
Ewe
{Eye} woe

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Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֤י
va + ye + hi
vayehi

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
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-HI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-HI ye-mei-ya-a-KOV

  3. clause

    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

  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 47:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 47:28, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֤י (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.47.28.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.28.W8.S1) and character.