Genesis 4:8:6Gen.4.8.W6PAT
בִּהְיוֹתָ֣ם
biheyotam
“while they were”
- Transliteration
- bi-he-yo-TAM
- Extended
- bi-heh-yoh-TAAM
- IPA
- /bi.hə.joː.ˈθaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- while they were
- French
- alors qu'ils se trouvaient
- Spanish
- mientras se encontraban
- Portuguese
- enquanto estavam
- German
- während sie sich befanden
- Russian
- когда они находились
- Arabic-Simplified
- عندما كانوا
- Hindi
- जब वे थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 当他们在
- Korean
- 그들이 있을 때
- Indonesian
- ketika mereka berada
- Bengali
- যখন তারা ছিল
- Tagalog
- nang sila ay nasa
- Swahili
- wakiwa
- Amharic
- እነርሱ ሳሉ
- Yoruba
- nígbà tí wọ́n wà
- Igbo
- mgbe ha nọ
- Twi
- bere a na wɔwɔ
- Ewe
- esime wo le
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bi-he-yo-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
bi-he-yo-TAM ba-sa-DE
- clause
va-ye-HI bi-he-yo-TAM ba-sa-DE va-ya-KAM KA-yin el-HE-vel a-KHIV va-ya-har-GE-hu
- sentence
va-YO-mer KA-yin el-HE-vel a-KHIV va-ye-HI bi-he-yo-TAM ba-sa-DE va-ya-KAM KA-yin el-HE-vel a-KHIV va-ya-har-GE-hu
In context — Genesis 4:8
Cain said to Abel his brother it came about while they were in the field Cain rose against Abel his brother killed him
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 4:8, so the Hebrew word בִּהְיוֹתָ֣ם (biheyotam) 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.4.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.8.W6.S1) and character.