Genesis 34:5:8Gen.34.5.W8PAT
הָי֥וּ
hayu
“were”
- Transliteration
- ha-YU
- Extended
- hah-YOO
- IPA
- /haː.ˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
- French
- étaient
- Spanish
- estaban
- Portuguese
- estavam
- German
- waren
- Russian
- были
- Arabic-Simplified
- كَانُوا
- Hindi
- थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- berada
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- ay naroon
- Swahili
- walikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- wà
- Igbo
- nọ
- Twi
- wɔ
- 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-YU
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YU et-mik-NE-hu
- clause
ve-ya-a-KOV sha-MA KI tim-ME et-di-NA bit-TO u-va-NAV ha-YU et-mik-NE-hu bas-sa-DE
- sentence
ve-ya-a-KOV sha-MA KI tim-ME et-di-NA bit-TO u-va-NAV ha-YU et-mik-NE-hu bas-sa-DE ve-he-khe-RISH ya-a-KOV ad-bo-AM
In context — Genesis 34:5
and Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter and his sons were with his livestock in the field kept silent Jacob until their coming
About this coordinate
Genesis 34:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 34:5, so the Hebrew word הָי֥וּ (hayu) 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.34.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.5.W8.S1) and character.