2 Chronicles 24:4:32 Chr.24.4.W3TAB
הָיָה֙
haya
“it was”
- Transliteration
- ha-YA
- Extended
- haa-YAA
- IPA
- /haˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it was
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-YA
- clause
ha-YA im-LEV yo-ASH le-khad-DESH et-BET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-re-KHEN ha-YA im-LEV yo-ASH le-khad-DESH et-BET ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The idiomatic clause hayah im-lev {הָיָה עִם־לֵב | hā·yāh ʿim-leḇ} ‘it was with heart’ conveys internal determination, where im-lev functions as a prepositional phrase marking the locus of resolve.
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:4
And it happened after this that it was in the heart of Joash to renew the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 24:4, so the Hebrew word הָיָה֙ (haya) 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 2 Chr.24.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.4.W3.S1) and character.