Deuteronomy 10:2:5Deut.10.2.W5PAT

הָי֛וּ

hayu

were

Transliteration
ha-YU
Extended
hah-YOO
IPA
/haːˈjuː/

Meaning by language

English
were
French
étaient
Spanish
estaban
Portuguese
estavam
German
waren
Russian
были
Arabic-Simplified
كانت
Hindi
थे
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
있었다
Indonesian
ada
Bengali
ছিল
Tagalog
nasa
Swahili
yalikuwa
Amharic
ነበሩ
Yoruba
Igbo
dị
Twi
Ewe
le

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָ + י֛וּ
ha + yu
hayu

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-YU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER ha-YU

  3. clause

    veh-ekh-TOV al-hal-LU-khot et-had-de-va-RIM a-SHER ha-YU al-hal-LU-khot ha-ri-sho-NIM a-SHER shi-BAR-ta

  4. sentence

    veh-ekh-TOV al-hal-LU-khot et-had-de-va-RIM a-SHER ha-YU al-hal-LU-khot ha-ri-sho-NIM a-SHER shi-BAR-ta ve-sam-TAM baa-ah-RON

In contextDeuteronomy 10:2

and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the tablets the first ones that you broke and you shall put them in the ark

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 10:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 10:2, so the Hebrew word הָי֛וּ (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 Deut.10.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.10.2.W5.S1) and character.