Genesis 37:2:7Gen.37.2.W7PAT

הָיָ֨ה

haya

was

Transliteration
ha-YA
Extended
haa-YAA
IPA
/haː.ˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English
was
French
était
Spanish
era
Portuguese
era
German
war
Russian
был
Arabic-Simplified
كَانَ
Hindi
था
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
있었다
Indonesian
adalah
Bengali
ছিল
Tagalog
ay
Swahili
alikuwa
Amharic
ነበረ
Yoruba
jẹ́
Igbo
bụ
Twi
na ɔyɛ

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Result
הָ + יָ֨ה
ha + ya
haya

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-YA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-YA ro-E et-e-KHAV

  3. clause

    E-leh to-le-DOT ya-a-KOV yo-SEF ben-she-va-e-se-RE sha-NA ha-YA ro-E et-e-KHAV ba-TSOHN ve-HU NA-ar et-be-NEI vi-le-HA ve-et-be-NEI zil-PA ne-SHEI a-VIV

  4. sentence

    E-leh to-le-DOT ya-a-KOV yo-SEF ben-she-va-e-se-RE sha-NA ha-YA ro-E et-e-KHAV ba-TSOHN ve-HU NA-ar et-be-NEI vi-le-HA ve-et-be-NEI zil-PA ne-SHEI a-VIV va-ya-VE yo-SEF et-dib-ba-TAM ra-AA el-a-vi-HEM

In contextGenesis 37:2

these generations of Jacob Joseph a son of seventeen year was shepherding his brothers in the flock and he a youth sons of Bilhah and sons of Zilpah wives of his father and brought Joseph their report bad to their father

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 37:2, so the Hebrew word הָיָ֨ה (haya) 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.37.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.2.W7.S1) and character.