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

Result
וַ + יִּֽ + הְ + יוּ֙
va + yi + he + yu
vayiheyu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-he-YU

  2. clause

    va-yi-he-YU kol-ye-mei-SHET she-TEM es-RE sha-NA u-te-SHA me-OT sha-NA

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.