Ruth 3:8:1Ruth.3.8.W1PAT

וַיְהִי֙

vaj.jə.ˈhiː

happened

Transliteration
vaj.jə.ˈhiː
Extended
vah.yeh.ˈHEE
IPA
/vaj.jəˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
happened
French
arriva
Spanish
sucedió
Portuguese
aconteceu
German
geschah
Russian
случилось
Arabic-Simplified
حدث
Hindi
हुआ
Chinese-Simplified
发生了
Korean
일어났다
Indonesian
terjadi
Bengali
ঘটল
Tagalog
nangyari
Swahili
ilitokea
Amharic
ሆነ
Yoruba
ṣẹlẹ̀
Igbo
mere
Twi
baa mu
Ewe
dzɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + הִי֙
vaj + jə + ˈhiː
vajjəˈhiː

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

    vaj.jə.ˈhiː

  2. clause

    vaj.jə.ˈhiː ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-khe-RAD ha-ISH va-yil-la-FET

  3. sentence

    vaj.jə.ˈhiː ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-khe-RAD ha-ISH va-yil-la-FET ve-hin-NE ish-SHA sho-KHE-vet mar-ge-lo-TAW

In contextRuth 3:8

happened in the middle of the night was startled the man turned over behold a woman lying at his feet

About this coordinate

Ruth 3:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ruth 3:8, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִי֙ (vaj.jə.ˈhiː) 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.3.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.3.8.W1.S1) and character.