Genesis 5:21:1Gen.5.21.W1PAT
וַיְחִ֣י
vayekhi
“lived”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-KHI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-KHEE
- IPA
- /waj.ˈħiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- lived
- French
- vécut
- Spanish
- vivió
- Portuguese
- viveu
- German
- lebte
- Russian
- прожил
- Arabic-Simplified
- عَاشَ
- Hindi
- जीवित रहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 活了
- Korean
- 살았다
- Indonesian
- hidup
- Bengali
- জীবিত ছিলেন
- Tagalog
- nabuhay
- Swahili
- aliishi
- Amharic
- ኖረ
- Yoruba
- gbé ayé
- Igbo
- dịrị ndụ
- Twi
- traa ase
- Ewe
- nɔ agbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יְ + חִ֣י
↓
va + ye + khi
↓
vayekhi
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-KHI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-KHI kha-NOKH
- clause
va-ye-KHI kha-NOKH kha-MESH ve-shish-SHEEM sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-KHI kha-NOKH kha-MESH ve-shish-SHEEM sha-NA va-YO-led ET-me-tu-sha-LAKH
In context — Genesis 5:21
Enoch lived five and sixty year fathered Methuselah
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 5:21, 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.5.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.21.W1.S1) and character.