Genesis 36:14:2Gen.36.14.W2PAT
הָי֗וּ
hayu
“were”
- Transliteration
- ha-YU
- Extended
- hah-YOO
- IPA
- /haːˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
- French
- étaient
- Spanish
- eran
- Portuguese
- eram
- German
- waren
- Russian
- были
- Arabic-Simplified
- كانوا
- Hindi
- थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 이었다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- ay
- Swahili
- walikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- jẹ́
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- yɛ
- Ewe
- nye
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
ve-EL-leh ha-YU
- clause
ve-EL-leh ha-YU be-NEI a-ho-li-va-MA vat-a-NA bat-tsi-ve-ON E-shet e-SAV
- sentence
ve-EL-leh ha-YU be-NEI a-ho-li-va-MA vat-a-NA bat-tsi-ve-ON E-shet e-SAV va-TE-led le-e-SAV et-ye-USH ve-et-ya-LAM ve-et-KO-rakh
In context — Genesis 36:14
and these were sons of Oholibamah daughter of Anah daughter of Zibeon wife of Esau bore to Esau Yeush and Yaalam and Korah
About this coordinate
Genesis 36:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 36:14, so the Hebrew word הָי֗וּ (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.36.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.14.W2.S1) and character.