Exodus 18:3:11Exod.18.3.W11TAB
הָיִ֔יתִי
hayiti
“I was”
- Transliteration
- ha-YI-ti
- Extended
- hah-YEE-tee
- IPA
- /haː.ˈjiː.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ha-YI-ti
- phraseyour reading level
GER ha-YI-ti
- clause
a-SHER SHEM ha-e-KHAD ger-SHOM KI a-MAR GER ha-YI-ti be-E-rets na-khri-YA
- sentence
ve-ET she-NEI va-NE-ha a-SHER SHEM ha-e-KHAD ger-SHOM KI a-MAR GER ha-YI-ti be-E-rets na-khri-YA
Exegesis
The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’ introduces embedded speech in the perfect verb phrase ʾāmar gēr hayīti {אָמַר גֵּר הָיִיתִי | ʾā-mar gēr hā-yî-tî} ‘he said, “I have been a sojourner”’.
In context — Exodus 18:3
And her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land .”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 18:3, so the Hebrew word הָיִ֔יתִי (hayiti) 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.18.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.3.W11.S1) and character.