Genesis 5:13:1Gen.5.13.W1PAT
וַיְחִ֣י
vayekhi
“lived”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-KHI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-KHEE
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ˈħiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- lived
- French
- vécut
- Spanish
- vivió
- Portuguese
- viveu
- German
- lebte
- Russian
- жил
- Arabic-Simplified
- عاش
- Hindi
- जीवित रहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 活了
- Korean
- 살았다
- Indonesian
- hidup
- Bengali
- জীবিত ছিল
- Tagalog
- nabuhay
- Swahili
- aliishi
- Amharic
- ኖረ
- Yoruba
- wà láàyè
- Igbo
- dị ndụ
- Twi
- tenaa ase
- Ewe
- 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 kei-NAN
- clause
va-ye-KHI kei-NAN a-kha-REI ho-li-DO et-ma-ha-lal-EL ar-ba-IM sha-NA u-she-mo-NE me-OT sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-KHI kei-NAN a-kha-REI ho-li-DO et-ma-ha-lal-EL ar-ba-IM sha-NA u-she-mo-NE me-OT sha-NA va-YO-led ba-NIM u-va-NOT
In context — Genesis 5:13
after fathered Mahalalel Kenan lived forty years and eight hundred years fathered sons and daughters
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 5:13, so the Hebrew word וַיְחִ֣י (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.5.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.13.W1.S1) and character.