Genesis 49:15:11Gen.49.15.W11PAT

וַיְהִ֖י

vayehi

and he became

Transliteration
va-ye-HI
Extended
vah-yeh-HEE
IPA
/va.jə.ˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
and he became
French
et il devint
Spanish
y se volvió
Portuguese
e tornou-se
German
und er wurde
Russian
и он стал
Arabic-Simplified
وصار
Hindi
और वह हो गया
Chinese-Simplified
就成了
Korean
그리고 그는 되었다
Indonesian
dan ia menjadi
Bengali
এবং সে হল
Tagalog
at siya ay naging
Swahili
naye akawa
Amharic
እርሱም ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì di
Igbo
o wee bụrụ
Twi
na ɔbɛyɛɛ
Ewe
eye zu

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֖י
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. clause

    va-YET shikh-MO lis-BOL va-ye-HI le-mas-o-VED

  3. sentence

    va-YAR me-nu-KHA KI TOV ve-et-ha-A-rets KI na-E-ma va-YET shikh-MO lis-BOL va-ye-HI le-mas-o-VED

In contextGenesis 49:15

and he saw a resting place that good and the land that pleasant and he bent his shoulder to bear and he became a forced laborer

About this coordinate

Genesis 49:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 49:15, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֖י (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.49.15.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.15.W11.S1) and character.