Genesis 9:18:1Gen.9.18.W1PAT
וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ
vayihyu
“were”
- Transliteration
- va-yih-YU
- Extended
- vah-yih-YOO
- IPA
- /waj.jihˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
- French
- étaient
- Spanish
- eran
- Portuguese
- eram
- German
- waren
- Russian
- были
- Arabic-Simplified
- وكانوا
- Hindi
- थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 이었다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- ay
- Swahili
- walikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- jẹ́
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- yɛ
- Ewe
- nye
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yih-YU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yih-YU ve-nei-NO-akh
- clause
va-yih-YU ve-nei-NO-akh ha-yo-tse-IM min-ha-te-VA SHEM ve-KHAM va-YA-fet
- sentence
va-yih-YU ve-nei-NO-akh ha-yo-tse-IM min-ha-te-VA SHEM ve-KHAM va-YA-fet ve-KHAM HU a-VI ke-NA-an
In context — Genesis 9:18
the sons of Noah who came out from the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth and Ham he father of Canaan
About this coordinate
Genesis 9:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 9:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ (vayihyu) 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.9.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.18.W1.S1) and character.