Genesis 26:1:8Gen.26.1.W8PAT
הָיָ֖ה
haya
“was”
- Transliteration
- ha-YA
- Extended
- hah-YAA
- IPA
- /haː.ˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
- French
- était
- Spanish
- había
- Portuguese
- havia
- German
- war
- Russian
- был
- Arabic-Simplified
- كانت
- Hindi
- था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 曾有
- Korean
- 있었던
- Indonesian
- ada
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- noon
- Swahili
- ilikuwapo
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-YA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ha-YA
- clause
va-ye-HI ra-AV ba-A-rets mil-le-VAD ha-ra-AV ha-ri-SHON a-SHER ha-YA bi-MEI av-ra-HAM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ra-AV ba-A-rets mil-le-VAD ha-ra-AV ha-ri-SHON a-SHER ha-YA bi-MEI av-ra-HAM va-YE-lekh yits-KHAK EL-a-vi-ME-lekh ME-lekh-pe-lish-TIM ge-ra-RA
In context — Genesis 26:1
famine there was in the land besides the famine the first which was in the days of Abraham Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 26:1, so the Hebrew word הָיָ֖ה (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.26.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.1.W8.S1) and character.