Genesis 48:7:18Gen.48.7.W18PAT

הִ֖וא

hi

that is

Transliteration
HI
Extended
HEE
IPA
/ˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
that is
French
c'est
Spanish
es
Portuguese
é
German
das ist
Russian
то есть
Arabic-Simplified
أَيْ
Hindi
अर्थात्
Chinese-Simplified
就是
Korean
Indonesian
yaitu
Bengali
অর্থাৎ
Tagalog
iyon ay
Swahili
yaani
Amharic
ማለት
Yoruba
èyí ni
Igbo
bụ
Twi
ɛno ne
Ewe
e nye

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    HI

  2. clause

    va-ek-be-RE-ha SHAM be-DE-rekh ef-RAT HI BEIT LA-khem

  3. sentence

    va-a-NI be-vo-I mi-pad-DAN me-TA a-LAI ra-KHEL be-E-rets ke-na-AN ba-DE-rekh be-OD kiv-rat-E-rets la-VO ef-ra-TA va-ek-be-RE-ha SHAM be-DE-rekh ef-RAT HI BEIT LA-khem

In contextGenesis 48:7

and I in my coming from Paddan died upon me Rachel in the land of Canaan on the way while still a stretch of land to reach Ephrath buried her there on the way to Ephrath that is house of bread

About this coordinate

Genesis 48:7:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Genesis 48:7, so the Hebrew word הִ֖וא (hi) 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.48.7.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.7.W18.S1) and character.