Genesis 5:3:1Gen.5.3.W1PAT

וֽ͏ַיְחִ֣י

vayekhi

lived

Transliteration
va-ye-KHI
Extended
vah-yeh-KHEE
IPA
/wajəˈħiː/

Meaning by language

English
lived
French
vécut
Spanish
vivió
Portuguese
viveu
German
lebte
Russian
жил
Arabic-Simplified
وَعَاشَ
Hindi
जीवित रहा
Chinese-Simplified
活了
Korean
살았다
Indonesian
hidup
Bengali
বাঁচল
Tagalog
at nabuhay
Swahili
aliishi
Amharic
ኖረ
Yoruba
gbé ayé
Igbo
biri ndụ
Twi
tenaa ase
Ewe
nɔ agbe

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Result
וֽ͏ַ + יְ + חִ֣י
va + ye + khi
vayekhi

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-KHI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-KHI a-DAM

  3. clause

    va-ye-KHI a-DAM she-lo-SHIM oo-me-AT sha-NA va-YO-led bi-de-mu-TO ke-tsal-MO

  4. sentence

    va-ye-KHI a-DAM she-lo-SHIM oo-me-AT sha-NA va-YO-led bi-de-mu-TO ke-tsal-MO va-yik-RA ET-she-MO SHET

In contextGenesis 5:3

Adam lived thirty and one hundred year fathered in his likeness after his image called his name Seth

About this coordinate

Genesis 5:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 5:3, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַיְחִ֣י (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.5.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.3.W1.S1) and character.