Genesis 38:23:5Gen.38.23.W5PAT

נִהְיֶ֣ה

niheyeh

“we become”

Transliteration: ni-he-YEH
Extended: nih-heh-YEH
IPA: /ni.həˈjɛ/

Meaning by language

English: we become
French: nous devenions
Spanish: lleguemos a ser
Portuguese: nos tornemos
German: wir werden
Russian: мы станем
Arabic-Simplified: نَصِيرَ
Hindi: हम हो जाएँ
Chinese-Simplified: 我们成为
Korean: 우리가 되다
Indonesian: kita menjadi
Bengali: আমরা হয়ে যাই
Tagalog: tayo ay maging
Swahili: tuwe
Amharic: እንሆን
Yoruba: a di
Igbo: anyị bụrụ
Twi: yɛbɛyɛ

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Result

נִ + הְ + יֶ֣ה

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ni + he + yeh

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niheyeh

Alphabet Analysis

	Nun	n as in new
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

word
ni-he-YEH
phraseyour reading level
ni-he-YEH la-VUZ
clause
va-YO-mer ye-hu-DA ti-kakh-LAH PEN ni-he-YEH la-VUZ
sentence
va-YO-mer ye-hu-DA ti-kakh-LAH PEN ni-he-YEH la-VUZ hi-NEH sha-LAKH-ti ha-ge-DI ha-ZEH ve-a-TA LO me-tsa-TAH

In context — Genesis 38:23

and he said Judah let her take for herself lest we become for contempt behold I sent the young goat this and you not you found her

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 38:23, so the Hebrew word נִהְיֶ֣ה (niheyeh) 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.38.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.23.W5.S1) and character.

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