Genesis 3:1:2Gen.3.1.W2PAT
הָיָ֣ה
haya
“was”
- Transliteration
- ha-YA
- Extended
- hah-YAA
- IPA
- /haː.ˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
- French
- était
- Spanish
- era
- Portuguese
- era
- German
- war
- Russian
- был
- Arabic-Simplified
- كَانَ
- Hindi
- था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 이었다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- ay
- Swahili
- alikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበረ
- Yoruba
- jẹ́
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- yɛɛ
- Ewe
- nɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-YA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YA a-RUM
- clause
veh-han-NAH-KHASH ha-YA a-RUM mi-KOL khai-YAT ha-sa-DEH a-SHER a-SA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM
- sentence
veh-han-NAH-KHASH ha-YA a-RUM mi-KOL khai-YAT ha-sa-DEH a-SHER a-SA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER el-ha-ISH-SHA AF ki-a-MAR e-lo-HIM LO to-khe-LU mi-KOL ETS ha-GAN
In context — Genesis 3:1
and the serpent was more wily than any animal of the field that made LORD God {And} said to the woman actually said God not eat from any tree of the garden
About this coordinate
Genesis 3:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 3:1, so the Hebrew word הָיָ֣ה (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.3.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.3.1.W2.S1) and character.