Genesis 5:4:1Gen.5.4.W1PAT
וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ
vayihyu
“{And} were”
- Transliteration
- va-yih-YU
- Extended
- vah-yih-YOO
- IPA
- /waj.jihˈjuː/
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
- थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- may
- Swahili
- zilikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- wà
- 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 | |
| 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yih-YU ye-MEI-a-DAM
- clause
va-yih-YU ye-MEI-a-DAM a-kha-REI ho-li-DO et-SHET she-mo-NE me-OT sha-NA
- sentence
va-yih-YU ye-MEI-a-DAM a-kha-REI ho-li-DO et-SHET she-mo-NE me-OT sha-NA va-yo-LED ba-NIM u-va-NOT
In context — Genesis 5:4
after Seth his begetting days of Adam {And} were eight hundred years {And} begot sons and daughters
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 5:4, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ (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.5.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.4.W1.S1) and character.