Genesis 23:2:5Gen.23.2.W5PAT
הִ֥וא
hi
“that is”
- Transliteration
- HI
- Extended
- HEE
- IPA
- /ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that is
- French
- c'est
- Spanish
- es decir
- Portuguese
- isto é
- German
- das ist
- Russian
- то есть
- Arabic-Simplified
- أي
- Hindi
- अर्थात्
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就是
- Korean
- 곧
- Indonesian
- yaitu
- Bengali
- অর্থাৎ
- Tagalog
- na siyang
- Swahili
- yaani
- Amharic
- ይኸውም
- Yoruba
- èyí ni
- Igbo
- ya bụ
- Twi
- ɛno ne
- Ewe
- enyee
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 khev-RON
- clause
va-TA-mat sa-RA be-kir-YAT ar-BA HI khev-RON be-E-rets ke-na-AN
- sentence
va-TA-mat sa-RA be-kir-YAT ar-BA HI khev-RON be-E-rets ke-na-AN va-ya-VO av-ra-HAM lis-POD le-sa-RA ve-liv-ko-TAH
In context — Genesis 23:2
Sarah died in Kiriath Arba that is Hebron in the land of Canaan Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her
About this coordinate
Genesis 23:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 23:2, 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.23.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.2.W5.S1) and character.