Exodus 3:1:2Exod.3.1.W2PAT
הָיָ֥ה
haya
“was”
- Transliteration
- ha-YA
- Extended
- hah-YAA
- IPA
- /haː.ˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
- French
- était
- Spanish
- era
- Portuguese
- era
- German
- war
- Russian
- был
- Arabic-Simplified
- كَانَ
- Hindi
- था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- sedang
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- ay
- Swahili
- alikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበረ
- Yoruba
- jẹ
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- na
- Ewe
- nɔ
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-YA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YA ro-EH
- clause
u-mo-SHE ha-YA ro-EH et-TSON yit-RO khot-NO ko-HEN mid-YAN
- sentence
u-mo-SHE ha-YA ro-EH et-TSON yit-RO khot-NO ko-HEN mid-YAN va-yin-HAG et-ha-TSON a-KHAR ham-mid-BAR va-ya-VO el-HAR ha-e-lo-HIM kho-re-VA
In context — Exodus 3:1
And Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law priest of Midian and he led the flock behind the wilderness and he came to the mountain of God Horeb
About this coordinate
Exodus 3:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 3:1, 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.3.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.3.1.W2.S1) and character.