Exodus 1:5:8Exod.1.5.W8PAT
הָיָ֥ה
haya
“was”
- Transliteration
- ha-YA
- Extended
- hah-YAA
- IPA
- /haːˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
- French
- était
- Spanish
- estaba
- Portuguese
- estava
- German
- war
- Russian
- был
- Arabic-Simplified
- كان
- Hindi
- था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- berada
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- naroon
- Swahili
- alikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበረ
- Yoruba
- wà
- Igbo
- nọ
- Twi
- na ɔwɔ
- Ewe
- nɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
הָ + יָ֥ה
↓
ha + ya
↓
haya
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-YA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YA ve-mits-RA-yim
- clause
ve-yo-SEF ha-YA ve-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-ye-HI kol-NE-fesh yots-EI ye-rekh-ya-a-KOV shiv-IM NA-fesh ve-yo-SEF ha-YA ve-mits-RA-yim
In context — Exodus 1:5
and there was every person going out of thigh of Jacob seventy person and Joseph was in Egypt
About this coordinate
Exodus 1:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 1:5, so the Hebrew word הָיָ֥ה (haya) 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.1.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.5.W8.S1) and character.