Genesis 50:9:5Gen.50.9.W5PAT
וַיְהִ֥י
vayehi
“and it was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /va.jə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was
- French
- et il y eut
- Spanish
- y hubo
- Portuguese
- e houve
- German
- und es war
- Russian
- и было
- Arabic-Simplified
- وكان
- Hindi
- और हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并且有
- Korean
- 그리고 되었다
- Indonesian
- dan jadilah
- Bengali
- এবং হলো
- Tagalog
- at naging
- Swahili
- ikawa
- Amharic
- እና ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó sì jẹ́
- Igbo
- wee bụrụ
- Twi
- na ɛyɛɛ
- Ewe
- eye li
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יְ + הִ֥י
↓
va + ye + hi
↓
vayehi
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ha-ma-kha-NE
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-ma-kha-NE ka-VED me-OD
- sentence
va-YA-al im-MO gam-RE-khev gam-pa-ra-SHIM va-ye-HI ha-ma-kha-NE ka-VED me-OD
In context — Genesis 50:9
and went up with him also chariots also horsemen and it was the camp heavy very
About this coordinate
Genesis 50:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 50:9, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֥י (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.50.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.9.W5.S1) and character.