Genesis 7:12:1Gen.7.12.W1PAT
וַֽיְהִ֥י
vayehi
“{And} fell”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /wajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} fell
- French
- {Et} tomba
- Spanish
- {Y} cayó
- Portuguese
- {E} caiu
- German
- {Und} fiel
- Russian
- {И} шёл
- Arabic-Simplified
- وهطل
- Hindi
- {और} बरसी
- Chinese-Simplified
- {就} 下了
- Korean
- {그리고} 내렸다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} turun
- Bengali
- {আর} পড়ল
- Tagalog
- at bumuhos
- Swahili
- {Na} ilinyesha
- Amharic
- {እና} ዘነበ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} rọ̀
- Igbo
- {Na} zoro
- Twi
- {Na} tɔe
- Ewe
- {Eye} dza
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַֽ + 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-GE-shem
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-GE-shem al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-GE-shem al-ha-A-rets ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la
In context — Genesis 7:12
the rain {And} fell upon the land forty days and forty nights
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 7:12, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִ֥י (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.7.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.12.W1.S1) and character.