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