Genesis 4:2:9Gen.4.2.W9PAT
הָיָ֖ה
haya
“was”
- Transliteration
- ha-YA
- Extended
- hah-YAA
- IPA
- /haː.ˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
- French
- était
- Spanish
- era
- Portuguese
- era
- German
- war
- Russian
- был
- Arabic-Simplified
- كان
- Hindi
- था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 이었다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- ay
- Swahili
- alikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበረ
- 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-YA
- clause
va-ye-hi-HE-vel RO-eh TSON ve-KAI-yin ha-YA o-VED a-da-MA
- sentence
va-TO-sef la-LE-det ET-a-KHEEV ET-HA-vel va-ye-hi-HE-vel RO-eh TSON ve-KAI-yin ha-YA o-VED a-da-MA
In context — Genesis 4:2
again to bear his brother Abel {And} Abel was a shepherd of sheep {And} Cain was a tiller of ground
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 4:2, so the Hebrew word הָיָ֖ה (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.4.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.2.W9.S1) and character.