Genesis 35:27:8Gen.35.27.W8PAT

הִ֣וא

hi

that is

Transliteration
HI
Extended
HEE
IPA
/ˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
that is
French
c'est
Spanish
es decir
Portuguese
isto é
German
das ist
Russian
это
Arabic-Simplified
هِيَ
Hindi
अर्थात्
Chinese-Simplified
就是
Korean
Indonesian
yakni
Bengali
অর্থাৎ
Tagalog
na siyang
Swahili
yaani
Amharic
ማለት
Yoruba
èyí ni
Igbo
ya bụ
Twi
a ɛyɛ
Ewe
eɖe

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. phraseyour reading level

    HI khe-ve-RON

  3. clause

    HI khe-ve-RON a-sher-gar-SHAM a-ve-ra-HAM ve-yit-se-KHAK

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VO ya-a-KOV el-yit-se-KHAK a-VIV ma-me-RE ki-re-YAT ha-a-re-BA HI khe-ve-RON a-sher-gar-SHAM a-ve-ra-HAM ve-yit-se-KHAK

In contextGenesis 35:27

came Jacob to Isaac his father Mamre Kiriath Arba that is Hebron where sojourned Abraham and Isaac

About this coordinate

Genesis 35:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 35:27, so the Hebrew word הִ֣וא (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.35.27.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.27.W8.S1) and character.