Exodus 16:13:8Exod.16.13.W8TAB
הָֽיְתָה֙
hayetah
“there was”
- Transliteration
- ha-ye-TAH
- Extended
- hah-yeh-TAA
- IPA
- /haː.jəˈθaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- there was
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ye-TAH
- clause
u-va-BO-ker ha-ye-TAH shikh-VAT ha-TAL sa-VIV la-ma-kha-NEH
- sentence
va-ye-HI va-E-rev va-ta-AL ha-se-LAV va-te-KHAS et-ha-ma-kha-NEH u-va-BO-ker ha-ye-TAH shikh-VAT ha-TAL sa-VIV la-ma-kha-NEH
Exegesis
A transitional uvaboker {וּבַבֹּקֶר | u-vab-bō-qer} ‘and in the morning’ leads into the existential formula hayetah {הָיְתָה | hā-yə-ṯāh} ‘there was’.
In context — Exodus 16:13
And it happened in the evening that the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning a layer of dew lay around the camp.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 16:13, so the Hebrew word הָֽיְתָה֙ (hayetah) 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 Exod.16.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.13.W8.S1) and character.