Genesis 34:25:4Gen.34.25.W4PAT
בִּֽהְיוֹתָ֣ם
biheyotam
“when they were”
- Transliteration
- bi-he-yo-TAM
- Extended
- bih-heh-yoh-TAAM
- IPA
- /bi.hə.joˈθaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- when they were
- French
- quand ils étaient
- Spanish
- cuando estaban
- Portuguese
- quando estavam
- German
- als sie waren
- Russian
- когда они были
- Arabic-Simplified
- إِذْ كَانُوا
- Hindi
- जब वे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 当他们
- Korean
- 그들이
- Indonesian
- ketika mereka sedang
- Bengali
- যখন তারা
- Tagalog
- nang sila ay
- Swahili
- walipokuwa
- Amharic
- ሲሆኑ
- Yoruba
- nígbà tí wọ́n wà
- Igbo
- mgbe ha nọ
- Twi
- bere a na wɔwɔ
- Ewe
- esi wole
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bi-he-yo-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
bi-he-yo-TAM ko-a-VEEM
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI bi-he-yo-TAM ko-a-VEEM va-yik-KHU she-nei-ve-nei-ya-a-KOV shim-ON ve-le-VI a-KHEI di-NA ISH khar-BO va-ya-VO-u al-ha-IR BE-takh
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI bi-he-yo-TAM ko-a-VEEM va-yik-KHU she-nei-ve-nei-ya-a-KOV shim-ON ve-le-VI a-KHEI di-NA ISH khar-BO va-ya-VO-u al-ha-IR BE-takh va-ya-har-GU kol-za-KHAR
In context — Genesis 34:25
and it happened on the day third when they were sore took two sons of Jacob Simeon and Levi brothers of Dinah each man his sword they came against the city securely they killed every male
About this coordinate
Genesis 34:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 34:25, so the Hebrew word בִּֽהְיוֹתָ֣ם (biheyotam) 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.34.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.25.W4.S1) and character.