Genesis 3:20:8Gen.3.20.W8PAT
הָֽיְתָ֖ה
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
- 是
- Korean
- 이었다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- ay
- Swahili
- alikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበረች
- Yoruba
- jẹ́
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- yɛɛ
- Ewe
- nye
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
הָֽ + יְ + תָ֖ה
↓
ha + ye + ta
↓
hayeta
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ye-TA
- phraseyour reading level
HI ha-ye-TA
- clause
KI HI ha-ye-TA EM kol-KHAI
- sentence
va-yik-RA ha-a-DAM SHEM ish-TO kha-VA KI HI ha-ye-TA EM kol-KHAI
In context — Genesis 3:20
the man named name of his wife Eve because she was mother of all living beings
About this coordinate
Genesis 3:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 3:20, so the Hebrew word הָֽיְתָ֖ה (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.3.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.3.20.W8.S1) and character.