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
Korean
있었다
Indonesian
berada
Bengali
ছিল
Tagalog
naroon
Swahili
alikuwa
Amharic
ነበረ
Yoruba
Igbo
nọ
Twi
na ɔwɔ
Ewe

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Result
הָ + יָ֥ה
ha + ya
haya

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-YA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-YA ve-mits-RA-yim

  3. clause

    ve-yo-SEF ha-YA ve-mits-RA-yim

  4. 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 contextExodus 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.