Ruth 2:17:7Ruth.2.17.W7PAT
וַיְהִ֖י
vayehi
“it was”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it was
- French
- ce fut
- Spanish
- fue
- Portuguese
- foi
- German
- es war
- Russian
- и было
- Arabic-Simplified
- كان
- Hindi
- था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 有
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- ada
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- naging
- Swahili
- ilikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበረ
- Yoruba
- ó sì jẹ́
- Igbo
- ọ bụ
- Twi
- ɛyɛɛ
- Ewe
- eye
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
vat-takh-BOT ET a-SHER-li-ke-TA va-ye-HI ke-E-FA se-o-RIM
- sentence
vat-te-lak-KET bas-sa-DE ad-ha-A-rev vat-takh-BOT ET a-SHER-li-ke-TA va-ye-HI ke-E-FA se-o-RIM
In context — Ruth 2:17
she gleaned in the field until the evening she beat out what she had gleaned it was about an ephah of barley
About this coordinate
Ruth 2:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ruth 2:17, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִ֖י (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.2.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.2.17.W7.S1) and character.