Genesis 25:3:7Gen.25.3.W7PAT
הָי֛וּ
hayu
“were”
- Transliteration
- ha-YU
- Extended
- hah-YOO
- IPA
- /haː.ˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
- French
- furent
- Spanish
- fueron
- Portuguese
- foram
- German
- waren
- Russian
- были
- Arabic-Simplified
- كَانُوا
- Hindi
- थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 였다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- ay
- Swahili
- walikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- jẹ́
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- yɛ
- Ewe
- nye
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-YU
- clause
u-ve-NEI de-DAN ha-YU ash-shu-RIM u-le-tu-SHIM u-le-um-MIM
- sentence
ve-yok-SHAN ya-LAD et-she-VA ve-et-de-DAN u-ve-NEI de-DAN ha-YU ash-shu-RIM u-le-tu-SHIM u-le-um-MIM
In context — Genesis 25:3
and Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan and sons of Dedan were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim
About this coordinate
Genesis 25:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 25:3, so the Hebrew word הָי֛וּ (hayu) 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.25.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.3.W7.S1) and character.