Genesis 47:4:5Gen.47.4.W5PAT
בָּאנוּ֒
banu
“we came”
- Transliteration
- ba-NU
- Extended
- bah-NOO
- IPA
- /baː.ˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we came
- French
- nous sommes venus
- Spanish
- hemos venido
- Portuguese
- viemos
- German
- wir kamen
- Russian
- мы пришли
- Arabic-Simplified
- جِئْنَا
- Hindi
- हम आए हैं
- Chinese-Simplified
- 我们来了
- Korean
- 우리는 왔다
- Indonesian
- kami datang
- Bengali
- আমরা এসেছি
- Tagalog
- dumating kami
- Swahili
- tumekuja
- Amharic
- መጥተናል
- Yoruba
- a wá
- Igbo
- anyị bịara
- Twi
- yɛbaa
- Ewe
- míeva
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-NU
- clause
va-yom-RU el-par-O la-GUR ba-A-rets ba-NU ki-EN mir-EH lat-TSON a-SHER la-a-va-DE-kha ki-kha-VED ha-ra-AV be-E-rets ke-NA-an
- sentence
va-yom-RU el-par-O la-GUR ba-A-rets ba-NU ki-EN mir-EH lat-TSON a-SHER la-a-va-DE-kha ki-kha-VED ha-ra-AV be-E-rets ke-NA-an ve-at-TA yesh-vu-NA a-va-DE-kha be-E-rets GO-shen
In context — Genesis 47:4
{And} they said to Pharaoh to sojourn in the land we came for there is no pasture for the flock that is of your servants for severe is the famine in the land of Canaan and now please let dwell your servants in the land of Goshen
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 47:4, so the Hebrew word בָּאנוּ֒ (banu) 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.47.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.4.W5.S1) and character.