Genesis 5:27:1Gen.5.27.W1PAT
וַיִּהְיוּ֙
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
- وكانوا
- Hindi
- {और} थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- {并且} 是
- Korean
- {그리고} 이었다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} adalah
- Bengali
- {এবং} ছিল
- Tagalog
- at naging
- Swahili
- {Na} zilikuwa
- Amharic
- {እና} ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} jẹ́
- Igbo
- {Na} bụ
- Twi
- {Na} yɛ
- Ewe
- {Kple} enye
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 me-tu-SHE-lakh TE-sha ve-shi-SHIM sha-NA u-te-SHA me-OT sha-NA
- sentence
va-yih-YU kol-ye-MEI me-tu-SHE-lakh TE-sha ve-shi-SHIM sha-NA u-te-SHA me-OT sha-NA va-ya-MOT
In context — Genesis 5:27
all the days of Methuselah {And} were nine and sixty year and nine hundreds year {And} he died
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 5:27, 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.5.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.27.W1.S1) and character.