Genesis 10:8:6Gen.10.8.W6PAT
לֽ͏ִהְי֥וֹת
liheyot
“to be”
- Transliteration
- li-he-YOT
- Extended
- lih-heh-YOHT
- IPA
- /li.hə.ˈjoːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be
- French
- à être
- Spanish
- a ser
- Portuguese
- a ser
- German
- zu sein
- Russian
- быть
- Arabic-Simplified
- أَنْ يَكُونَ
- Hindi
- होने
- Chinese-Simplified
- 成为
- Korean
- 되기
- Indonesian
- menjadi
- Bengali
- হতে
- Tagalog
- maging
- Swahili
- kuwa
- Amharic
- መሆን
- Yoruba
- láti jẹ́
- Igbo
- ịbụ
- Twi
- yɛ
- Ewe
- le
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לֽ͏ִ + הְ + י֥וֹת
↓
li + he + yot
↓
liheyot
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
li-he-YOT
- phraseyour reading level
li-he-YOT gi-BOR
- clause
HU he-KHEL li-he-YOT gi-BOR ba-A-rets
- sentence
ve-KHUSH ya-LAD et-nim-ROD HU he-KHEL li-he-YOT gi-BOR ba-A-rets
In context — Genesis 10:8
and Cush begot Nimrod he began to be a mighty one in the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 10:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 10:8, so the Hebrew word לֽ͏ִהְי֥וֹת (liheyot) 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 Gen.10.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.10.8.W6.S1) and character.