Genesis 35:20:5Gen.35.20.W5PAT

הִ֛וא

hi

it is

Transliteration
HI
Extended
HEE
IPA
/ˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
it is
French
c'est
Spanish
es
Portuguese
é
German
das ist
Russian
это
Arabic-Simplified
هِيَ
Hindi
है
Chinese-Simplified
这是
Korean
이다
Indonesian
adalah
Bengali
হলো
Tagalog
iyon ay
Swahili
ndiyo
Amharic
ናት
Yoruba
ó jẹ́
Igbo
ọ bụ
Twi
Ewe
e nye

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    HI

  2. clause

    HI mat-TSE-vet ke-vu-rat-ra-KHEL ad-ha-YOM

  3. sentence

    va-yat-TSEV ya-a-KOV mat-tse-VA al-ke-vu-ra-TAH HI mat-TSE-vet ke-vu-rat-ra-KHEL ad-ha-YOM

In contextGenesis 35:20

set up Jacob a pillar upon her grave it is the pillar of Rachel's grave until this day

About this coordinate

Genesis 35:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 35:20, so the Hebrew word הִ֛וא (hi) 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.35.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.20.W5.S1) and character.