Genesis 27:23:3Gen.27.23.W3PAT
כִּֽי־הָי֣וּ
kihayu
“because were”
- Transliteration
- ki-ha-YU
- Extended
- kee-hah-YOO
- IPA
- /kiː.haˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- because were
- French
- car étaient
- Spanish
- porque eran
- Portuguese
- porque eram
- German
- denn waren
- Russian
- ибо были
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِأَنَّهُمَا كَانَتَا
- Hindi
- क्योंकि थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 因为是
- Korean
- 왜냐하면 있었다
- Indonesian
- karena adalah
- Bengali
- কারণ ছিল
- Tagalog
- sapagkat ay
- Swahili
- kwa sababu ilikuwa
- Amharic
- ምክንያቱም ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- nítorí pé wọ́n jẹ́
- Igbo
- n'ihi na ha bụ
- Twi
- efisɛ na ɛyɛ
- Ewe
- elabena wonye
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
ki-ha-YU
- phraseyour reading level
ki-ha-YU ya-DAV
- clause
ve-LO hik-ki-RO ki-ha-YU ya-DAV ki-DE e-SAV a-KHIV se-i-ROT
- sentence
ve-LO hik-ki-RO ki-ha-YU ya-DAV ki-DE e-SAV a-KHIV se-i-ROT va-ye-va-re-KHE-hu
In context — Genesis 27:23
and did not recognize him because were his hands like the hands of Esau his brother hairy and he blessed him
About this coordinate
Genesis 27:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 27:23, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־הָי֣וּ (kihayu) 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.27.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.23.W3.S1) and character.