Genesis 15:17:5Gen.15.17.W5PAT
הָיָ֑ה
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
- была
- Arabic-Simplified
- كانت
- Hindi
- था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 有
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- ada
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- ay noon
- Swahili
- kulikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበረ
- Yoruba
- wà
- Igbo
- dị
- Twi
- wɔ hɔ
- 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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Word in context
- word
ha-YA
- clause
va-ye-HI hash-SHE-mesh BA-ah va-a-la-TA ha-YA
- sentence
va-ye-HI hash-SHE-mesh BA-ah va-a-la-TA ha-YA ve-hin-NEH tan-NUR a-SHAN ve-lap-PID ESH a-SHER a-VAR BEN hag-ge-za-RIM ha-EL-leh
In context — Genesis 15:17
the sun and it happened had set and thick darkness was and behold smoke a furnace of fire and a torch of that passed between pieces these
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 15:17, so the Hebrew word הָיָ֑ה (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 Gen.15.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.17.W5.S1) and character.