Genesis 26:28:4Gen.26.28.W4PAT

כִּֽי־הָיָ֣ה

kihaya

that was

Transliteration
ki-ha-YA
Extended
kee-hah-YAA
IPA
/kiː.ha.ˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English
that was
French
qu'a été
Spanish
que ha estado
Portuguese
que esteve
German
dass gewesen ist
Russian
что был
Arabic-Simplified
أن كان
Hindi
कि था
Chinese-Simplified
曾经是
Korean
있었다고
Indonesian
bahwa ada
Bengali
যে ছিল
Tagalog
na noon
Swahili
kwamba alikuwa
Amharic
እንደ ነበረ
Yoruba
pé wà
Igbo
na nọrịrị
Twi
sɛ na
Ewe
be nɔ

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Result
כִּֽי + הָ + יָ֣ה
ki + ha + ya
kihaya

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
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

    ki-ha-YA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ki-ha-YA Ye-ho-VAH im-MAKH

  3. clause

    va-yom-RU ra-O ra-i-NU ki-ha-YA Ye-ho-VAH im-MAKH va-no-MER te-HI NA a-LA be-no-TE-nu be-NE-nu u-ve-NE-kha

  4. sentence

    va-yom-RU ra-O ra-i-NU ki-ha-YA Ye-ho-VAH im-MAKH va-no-MER te-HI NA a-LA be-no-TE-nu be-NE-nu u-ve-NE-kha ve-nikh-re-TA ve-RIT im-MAKH

In contextGenesis 26:28

they said plainly we have seen that was LORD with you we said let there be please an oath between us between us and between you let us make a covenant with you

About this coordinate

Genesis 26:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 26:28, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־הָיָ֣ה (kihaya) 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.26.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.28.W4.S1) and character.