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

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Result
וַֽ + יְ + הִ֥י
va + ye + hi
vayehi

Alphabet Analysis

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-HI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-HI ha-GE-shem

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ha-GE-shem al-ha-A-rets

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ha-GE-shem al-ha-A-rets ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la

In contextGenesis 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.