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

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Result
כִּֽי + הָ + י֣וּ
ki + ha + yu
kihayu

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
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ki-ha-YU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ki-ha-YU ya-DAV

  3. clause

    ve-LO hik-ki-RO ki-ha-YU ya-DAV ki-DE e-SAV a-KHIV se-i-ROT

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.