Deuteronomy 6:21:4Deut.6.21.W4PAT
הָיִ֔ינוּ
hayinu
“we were”
- Transliteration
- ha-yi-NU
- Extended
- hah-yee-NOO
- IPA
- /haː.jiˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we were
- French
- nous étions
- Spanish
- éramos
- Portuguese
- éramos
- German
- wir waren
- Russian
- мы были
- Arabic-Simplified
- كنا
- Hindi
- हम थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 我们是
- Korean
- 이었다
- Indonesian
- kami adalah
- Bengali
- আমরা ছিলাম
- Tagalog
- kami ay
- Swahili
- tulikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበርን
- Yoruba
- àwa ni
- Igbo
- anyị bụ
- Twi
- yɛ
- Ewe
- mí nye
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-yi-NU
- phraseyour reading level
a-va-DEEM ha-yi-NU
- sentence
ve-a-mar-TA le-vin-KHA a-va-DEEM ha-yi-NU le-far-OH be-mits-RA-yim va-yo-tsi-EI-nu Ye-ho-VAH mi-mits-RA-yim be-YAD kha-za-KAH
In context — Deuteronomy 6:21
you shall say to your son slaves we were to Pharaoh in Egypt brought us out LORD from Egypt with a hand mighty
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 6:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 6:21, so the Hebrew word הָיִ֔ינוּ (hayinu) 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.6.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.6.21.W4.S1) and character.