Genesis 5:17:1Gen.5.17.W1PAT
וַיִּהְיוּ֙
vayihyu
“were”
- Transliteration
- va-yih-YU
- Extended
- vah-yih-YOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jih.ˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
- French
- furent
- Spanish
- fueron
- Portuguese
- foram
- German
- waren
- Russian
- были
- Arabic-Simplified
- كانت
- Hindi
- थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 이었다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- naging
- Swahili
- zilikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- wà
- Igbo
- bụrụ
- Twi
- yɛɛ
- Ewe
- nɔ
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yih-YU
- clause
va-yih-YU kol-ye-MEI ma-ha-lal-EL kha-MESH ve-tish-IM sha-NA oo-she-mo-NEH me-OT sha-NA
- sentence
va-yih-YU kol-ye-MEI ma-ha-lal-EL kha-MESH ve-tish-IM sha-NA oo-she-mo-NEH me-OT sha-NA va-ya-MOT
In context — Genesis 5:17
Mahalalel were all the days of and eight hundred years five and ninety years died
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 5:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּהְיוּ֙ (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.5.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.17.W1.S1) and character.