Ezekiel 22:9:3Ezek.22.9.W3TAB
הָ֥יוּ
hayu
“were”
- Transliteration
- ha-YU
- Extended
- haa-YOO
- IPA
- /haːˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-YU
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YU VAKH
- clause
an-SHE ra-KHIL ha-YU VAKH le-MA-an she-FAKH-DAM
- sentence
an-SHE ra-KHIL ha-YU VAKH le-MA-an she-FAKH-DAM ve-EL-he-ha-RIM a-KHE-lu VAKH zim-MA a-SU be-to-KHEKH
Exegesis
The perfect verb hayu {הָ֥יוּ | hā-yû} ‘they were’ with the locative bakh {בָּ֖ךְ | bā-ḵ} ‘in you’ situates them among the inhabitants.
In context — Ezekiel 22:9
In you are men of slander in order to shed blood, and on the mountains within you they eat; lewdness they commit in your midst.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 22:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 22:9, so the Hebrew word הָ֥יוּ (hayu) 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 Ezek.22.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.22.9.W3.S1) and character.