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
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ye-mei-ya-a-KOV
- 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
- 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 47:28:8 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.