Genesis 5:8:1Gen.5.8.W1PAT
וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙
vayiheyu
“{And} were”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-he-YU
- Extended
- vah-yih-heh-YOO
- IPA
- /waj.ji.hə.ˈjuː/
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
- {और} थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- {又}共有
- Korean
- {그리고} 있었다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} berjumlah
- Bengali
- {এবং} ছিল
- Tagalog
- at naging
- Swahili
- {Na} zilikuwa
- Amharic
- {እና} ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} wà
- Igbo
- {Na} bụ
- Twi
- {Na} yɛ
- Ewe
- {Kple} 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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-yi-he-YU
- clause
va-yi-he-YU kol-ye-mei-SHET she-TEM es-RE sha-NA u-te-SHA me-OT sha-NA
- sentence
va-yi-he-YU kol-ye-mei-SHET she-TEM es-RE sha-NA u-te-SHA me-OT sha-NA va-ya-MOT
In context — Genesis 5:8
all Seth's days {And} were two ten years and nine hundred years {And} he died
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 5:8, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (vayiheyu) 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.5.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.8.W1.S1) and character.