Genesis 42:31:6Gen.42.31.W6PAT

הָיִ֖ינוּ

hayinu

been

Transliteration
ha-YI-nu
Extended
haa-YEE-noo
IPA
/haː.ˈjiː.nuː/

Meaning by language

English
been
French
été
Spanish
sido
Portuguese
sido
German
waren
Russian
были
Arabic-Simplified
كُنَّا
Hindi
थे
Chinese-Simplified
做过
Korean
이었다
Indonesian
menjadi
Bengali
ছিলাম
Tagalog
naging
Swahili
wahi kuwa
Amharic
ነበርን
Yoruba
jẹ́
Igbo
bụ
Twi
Ewe

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Result
הָ + יִ֖י + נוּ
ha + yi + nu
hayinu

Alphabet Analysis

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-YI-nu

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO ha-YI-nu

  3. clause

    LO ha-YI-nu me-rag-ge-LIM

  4. sentence

    va-NO-mer e-LAV ke-NIM a-NAKH-nu LO ha-YI-nu me-rag-ge-LIM

In contextGenesis 42:31

said to him honest we have not been spies

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:31:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 42:31, so the Hebrew word הָיִ֖ינוּ (hayinu) 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.42.31.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.31.W6.S1) and character.