Genesis 7:10:1Gen.7.10.W1PAT
וַֽיְהִ֖י
vayehi
“{And} it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /waj.jə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} it happened
- French
- {Et} il advint
- Spanish
- {Y} aconteció
- Portuguese
- {E} aconteceu
- German
- {Und} es geschah
- Russian
- {И} произошло
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَحَدَثَ
- Hindi
- हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 发生了
- Korean
- 일어났다
- Indonesian
- terjadi
- Bengali
- ঘটল
- Tagalog
- nangyari
- Swahili
- ilitokea
- Amharic
- ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- ọ mere
- Twi
- ɛbaa
- Ewe
- eva
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַֽ + יְ + הִ֖י
↓
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
- clause
va-ye-HI le-shiv-AT ha-ya-MIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI le-shiv-AT ha-ya-MIM u-MEI ha-mab-BUL ha-YU al-ha-A-RETS
In context — Genesis 7:10
{And} it happened after seven days and the waters of the deluge were upon the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 7:10, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִ֖י (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.7.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.10.W1.S1) and character.