Ruth 1:19:6Ruth.1.19.W6PAT
וַיְהִ֗י
vayehi
“{And} it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} it happened
- French
- {Et} il arriva
- Spanish
- {Y} sucedió
- Portuguese
- {E} aconteceu
- German
- {Und} es geschah
- Russian
- {И} случилось
- Arabic-Simplified
- وحدث
- Hindi
- {और} हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就发生了
- Korean
- {그리고} 일어났다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} terjadi
- Bengali
- {এবং} ঘটল
- Tagalog
- {At} nangyari
- Swahili
- {Na} ikawa
- Amharic
- {እና} ሆነ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} ó ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- {Na} o mere
- Twi
- {Na} ɛbaa
- Ewe
- {Eye} eɖe
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
- clause
va-ye-HI ke-vo-AH-na BET LE-khem va-te-HOM kol-ha-IR a-le-HEHn va-to-mer-NAA ha-ZOT na-o-MI
- sentence
va-te-LAKH-na shtay-HEM ad-bo-AH-na BET LA-khem va-ye-HI ke-vo-AH-na BET LE-khem va-te-HOM kol-ha-IR a-le-HEHn va-to-mer-NAA ha-ZOT na-o-MI
In context — Ruth 1:19
{They} went the two of them until their coming house of bread {And} it happened as they came house of bread {And} was stirred the whole city because of them {And} they said is this Naomi
About this coordinate
Ruth 1:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ruth 1:19, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֗י (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 Ruth.1.19.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.19.W6.S1) and character.