Genesis 14:2:17Gen.14.2.W17PAT
הִ֥וא
hi
“that is”
- Transliteration
- HI
- Extended
- HEE
- IPA
- /ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that is
- French
- c'est
- Spanish
- es
- Portuguese
- é
- German
- das ist
- Russian
- то есть
- Arabic-Simplified
- هي
- Hindi
- अर्थात्
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就是
- Korean
- 곧
- Indonesian
- yaitu
- Bengali
- অর্থাৎ
- Tagalog
- na siyang
- Swahili
- yaani
- Amharic
- ማለት
- Yoruba
- eyi ni
- Igbo
- nke bụ
- Twi
- ɛno ne
- Ewe
- eɖe
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
HI
- phraseyour reading level
HI tso-AR
- clause
shin-AV ME-lekh ad-MA ve-shem-E-ver ME-lekh tse-vo-YIM u-ME-lekh be-LA HI tso-AR
- sentence
a-SU mil-kha-MA et-be-RA ME-lekh se-DOM ve-et-bir-SHA ME-lekh a-mo-RA shin-AV ME-lekh ad-MA ve-shem-E-ver ME-lekh tse-vo-YIM u-ME-lekh be-LA HI tso-AR
In context — Genesis 14:2
they waged war Bera king of Sodom and Birsha king of Gomorrah Shinab king of Admah and Shemeber king of Zeboiim and king of Bela that is Zoar
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 14:2, so the Hebrew word הִ֥וא (hi) 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.14.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.2.W17.S1) and character.