Genesis 5:23:1Gen.5.23.W1PAT
וַיְהִ֖י
vayehi
“{And} were”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ˈhiː/
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
- 是
- Korean
- {그리고} 있었다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} adalah
- Bengali
- {এবং} ছিল
- Tagalog
- at naging
- Swahili
- {Na} zilikuwa
- Amharic
- {እና} ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} wà
- Igbo
- {Na} bụ
- Twi
- {Na} yɛe
- Ewe
- {Kple} nye
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֖י
↓
va + ye + hi
↓
vayehi
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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-HI
- clause
va-ye-HI kol-ye-MEH kha-NOKH
- sentence
va-ye-HI kol-ye-MEH kha-NOKH kha-MESH ve-shish-SHIM sha-NA u-she-LOSH me-OT sha-NA
In context — Genesis 5:23
Enoch {And} were all the days of five and sixty year and three hundred year
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 5:23, 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.5.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.23.W1.S1) and character.