Genesis 42:36:14Gen.42.36.W14PAT

הָי֥וּ

hayu

have been

Transliteration
ha-YU
Extended
hah-YOO
IPA
/haː.ˈjuː/

Meaning by language

English
have been
French
ont été
Spanish
han sido
Portuguese
têm sido
German
sind gewesen
Russian
были
Arabic-Simplified
كُنَّ
Hindi
हो गई हैं
Chinese-Simplified
都在
Korean
있었다
Indonesian
telah ada
Bengali
হয়েছে
Tagalog
ay naging
Swahili
vimekuwa
Amharic
ሆነዋል
Yoruba
ti wà
Igbo
anọwo
Twi
ayɛ
Ewe
li

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Result
הָ + י֥וּ
ha + yu
hayu

Alphabet Analysis

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-YU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-YU kul-LA-na

  3. clause

    yo-SEF ei-NEN-nu ve-shim-ON ei-NEN-nu ve-et-bin-ya-MIN tik-KA-khu a-LAI ha-YU kul-LA-na

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer a-le-HEM ya-a-KOV a-vi-HEM o-TI shi-kal-TEM yo-SEF ei-NEN-nu ve-shim-ON ei-NEN-nu ve-et-bin-ya-MIN tik-KA-khu a-LAI ha-YU kul-LA-na

In contextGenesis 42:36

{He} said to them Jacob their father me bereaved Joseph is not and Simeon is not and Benjamin take against me have been all of them

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:36:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 42:36, so the Hebrew word הָי֥וּ (hayu) 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.42.36.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.36.W14.S1) and character.