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

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Result
וֽ͏ַ + יְ + הִ֧י
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-mma-BUL

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ha-mma-BUL ar-ba-EEM YOM al-ha-A-rets

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.