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
- yɛ
- Ewe
- nɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
הָ + יִ֖י + נוּ
↓
ha + yi + nu
↓
hayinu
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-YI-nu
- phraseyour reading level
LO ha-YI-nu
- clause
LO ha-YI-nu me-rag-ge-LIM
- sentence
va-NO-mer e-LAV ke-NIM a-NAKH-nu LO ha-YI-nu me-rag-ge-LIM
In context — Genesis 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.