Genesis 29:17:5Gen.29.17.W5PAT

הָֽיְתָ֔ה

hayeta

was

Transliteration
ha-ye-TA
Extended
hah-yeh-TAA
IPA
/haː.jə.ˈθaː/

Meaning by language

English
was
French
était
Spanish
era
Portuguese
era
German
war
Russian
была
Arabic-Simplified
كانت
Hindi
थी
Chinese-Simplified
却是
Korean
였다
Indonesian
adalah
Bengali
ছিল
Tagalog
ay
Swahili
alikuwa
Amharic
ነበረች
Yoruba
jẹ́
Igbo
bụ
Twi
Ewe

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Result
הָֽ + יְ + תָ֔ה
ha + ye + ta
hayeta

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ye-TA

  2. clause

    ve-ra-KHEL ha-ye-TA ye-fat-TO-ar vi-FAT mar-E

  3. sentence

    ve-ei-NEI le-A ra-KOT ve-ra-KHEL ha-ye-TA ye-fat-TO-ar vi-FAT mar-E

In contextGenesis 29:17

eyes of Leah were weak but Rachel was beautiful of form and beautiful of appearance

About this coordinate

Genesis 29:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 29:17, so the Hebrew word הָֽיְתָ֔ה (hayeta) 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.29.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.17.W5.S1) and character.