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
Korean
이었다
Indonesian
adalah
Bengali
ছিল
Tagalog
ay
Swahili
walikuwa
Amharic
ነበሩ
Yoruba
jẹ́
Igbo
bụ
Twi
Ewe
nye

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Result
הָ + י֗וּ
ha + yu
hayu

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-YU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-EL-leh ha-YU

  3. clause

    ve-EL-leh ha-YU be-NEI a-ho-li-va-MA vat-a-NA bat-tsi-ve-ON E-shet e-SAV

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.