Genesis 5:14:1Gen.5.14.W1PAT
וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙
vayihyu
“{And} were”
- Transliteration
- va-yih-YU
- Extended
- vah-yih-YOO
- IPA
- /waj.jih.ˈjuː/
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
- 共有
- Korean
- {그리고} 있었다
- Indonesian
- {dan} adalah
- Bengali
- {এবং} ছিল
- Tagalog
- at naging
- Swahili
- {na} zilikuwa
- Amharic
- {እና} ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} jẹ́
- Igbo
- {na} bụ
- Twi
- {na} yɛe
- Ewe
- {kple} nɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּֽהְ + יוּ֙
↓
va + yih + yu
↓
vayihyu
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yih-YU
- clause
va-yih-YU kol-ye-MEI kei-NAN E-ser sha-NIM u-te-SHA me-OT sha-NA
- sentence
va-yih-YU kol-ye-MEI kei-NAN E-ser sha-NIM u-te-SHA me-OT sha-NA va-ya-MOT
In context — Genesis 5:14
Kenan {And} were all days of ten years and nine hundred year {And} died
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 5:14, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (vayihyu) 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.5.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.14.W1.S1) and character.