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

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Result
בָּא + נוּ֒
ba + nu
banu

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-NU

  2. 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

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.