Genesis 5:26:1Gen.5.26.W1PAT
וַֽיְחִ֣י
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
- عَاشَ
- Hindi
- जीवित रहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 活了
- Korean
- 살았다
- Indonesian
- hidup
- Bengali
- বেঁচে ছিল
- Tagalog
- nabuhay
- Swahili
- akaishi
- Amharic
- ኖረ
- Yoruba
- wà láàyè
- Igbo
- dịrị 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 me-tu-SHE-lakh
- clause
va-ye-KHI me-tu-SHE-lakh a-kha-RE ho-LEE-DO et-LE-mekh she-TA-yim u-she-mo-NIM sha-NA u-she-VA me-OT sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-KHI me-tu-SHE-lakh a-kha-RE ho-LEE-DO et-LE-mekh she-TA-yim u-she-mo-NIM sha-NA u-she-VA me-OT sha-NA va-yo-LED ba-NIM u-va-NOT
In context — Genesis 5:26
after having fathered Lamech Methuselah lived and eighty two years and seven hundred years fathered sons and daughters
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 5:26, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְחִ֣י (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.5.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.26.W1.S1) and character.