Genesis 46:34:4Gen.46.34.W4PAT

הָי֤וּ

hayu

{They} have been

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

Meaning by language

English
{They} have been
French
{Ils} ont été
Spanish
{Ellos} han sido
Portuguese
{Eles} têm sido
German
{Sie} sind gewesen
Russian
{Они} были
Arabic-Simplified
كَانُوا
Hindi
{वे} रहे हैं
Chinese-Simplified
{他们}一直是
Korean
{그들은} 되어 왔다
Indonesian
{Mereka} telah menjadi
Bengali
{তারা} হয়েছে
Tagalog
naging
Swahili
{Wao} wamekuwa
Amharic
{እነርሱ} ነበሩ
Yoruba
{Wọ́n} ti jẹ́
Igbo
{Ha} abụrụwo
Twi
{Wɔn} ayɛ
Ewe
{Wo} wonye

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Result
הָ + י֤וּ
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 a-va-DE-kha

  3. clause

    va-a-mar-TEM an-SHEI mik-NEH ha-YU a-va-DE-kha min-ne-u-REI-nu ve-ad-a-TA gam-a-NAKH-nu gam-a-vo-TEI-nu

  4. sentence

    va-a-mar-TEM an-SHEI mik-NEH ha-YU a-va-DE-kha min-ne-u-REI-nu ve-ad-a-TA gam-a-NAKH-nu gam-a-vo-TEI-nu ba-a-VUR tesh-VU be-E-rets GO-shen ki-to-a-VAT mits-RA-yim kol-ro-EH tso-AN

In contextGenesis 46:34

you shall say men of livestock {They} have been your servants from our youth and until now also we also our fathers so that you may dwell in the land of Goshen for an abomination to the Egyptians every shepherd of flocks

About this coordinate

Genesis 46:34:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 46:34, so the Hebrew word הָי֤וּ (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.46.34.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.46.34.W4.S1) and character.