Genesis 5:31:1Gen.5.31.W1PAT
וֽ͏ַיְהִי֙
vayehi
“was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
- French
- était
- Spanish
- fue
- Portuguese
- foi
- German
- betrug
- Russian
- составила
- Arabic-Simplified
- كان
- Hindi
- था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 이었다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- ay
- Swahili
- yalikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበረ
- Yoruba
- ni
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- yɛe
- Ewe
- nye
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI
- clause
va-ye-HI kol-ye-mei-LE-mekh SHE-va ve-shiv-IM sha-NA oo-SHE-VA me-OT sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-HI kol-ye-mei-LE-mekh SHE-va ve-shiv-IM sha-NA oo-SHE-VA me-OT sha-NA va-ya-MOT
In context — Genesis 5:31
Lamech's full lifespan was seven and seventy years and seven hundred years died
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:31:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 5:31, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַיְהִי֙ (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.5.31.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.31.W1.S1) and character.