Genesis 7:17:1Gen.7.17.W1PAT
וֽ͏ַיְהִ֧י
vayehi
“lasted”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /waj.jəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- lasted
- French
- dura
- Spanish
- duró
- Portuguese
- durou
- German
- dauerte
- Russian
- длился
- Arabic-Simplified
- دام
- Hindi
- टिका रहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 持续了
- Korean
- 지속되었다
- Indonesian
- berlangsung
- Bengali
- রইল
- Tagalog
- tumagal
- Swahili
- ilidumu
- Amharic
- ቆየ
- Yoruba
- tẹ̀síwájú
- Igbo
- dịgidere
- Twi
- kɔɔ so
- Ewe
- li
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ha-mma-BUL
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-mma-BUL ar-ba-EEM YOM al-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-mma-BUL ar-ba-EEM YOM al-ha-A-rets va-yir-BU ham-MA-yim va-yis-OO et-ha-te-VA va-TA-ram me-AL ha-A-rets
In context — Genesis 7:17
the flood lasted forty days upon the earth the waters increased lifted up the ark rose above the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 7:17, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַיְהִ֧י (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.7.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.17.W1.S1) and character.