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
Igbo
dị
Twi
wɔ hɔ
Ewe

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Result
הָ + יָ֖ה
ha + ya
haya

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-YA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER ha-YA

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.