Genesis 9:29:1Gen.9.29.W1PAT
וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙
vayiheyu
“were”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-he-YU
- Extended
- vah-yih-heh-YOO
- IPA
- /waj.ji.hə.ˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
- French
- furent
- Spanish
- fueron
- Portuguese
- foram
- German
- waren
- Russian
- были
- Arabic-Simplified
- كانوا
- Hindi
- थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 이었다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- naging
- Swahili
- zilikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- jẹ́
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- yɛɛ
- 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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-yi-he-YU
- clause
va-yi-he-YU kol-yeh-MEE-NO-akh te-SHA me-OT sha-NAA va-kha-mi-SHEEM sha-NAA
- sentence
va-yi-he-YU kol-yeh-MEE-NO-akh te-SHA me-OT sha-NAA va-kha-mi-SHEEM sha-NAA va-ya-MOT
In context — Genesis 9:29
all of Noah's days were nine hundred years and fifty years died
About this coordinate
Genesis 9:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 9:29, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (vayiheyu) 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.9.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.29.W1.S1) and character.