Genesis 6:4:16Gen.6.4.W16PAT
הֵ֧מָּה
hemma
“these were”
- Transliteration
- HEM-ma
- Extended
- HEHM-mah
- IPA
- /ˈheːm.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- these were
- French
- ceux-ci étaient
- Spanish
- estos eran
- Portuguese
- estes eram
- German
- diese waren
- Russian
- это были
- Arabic-Simplified
- هؤلاء كانوا
- Hindi
- ये थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 这些是
- Korean
- 이들이었다
- Indonesian
- mereka itu
- Bengali
- তারাই ছিল
- Tagalog
- ang mga ito ay
- Swahili
- hao ndio
- Amharic
- እነዚህ ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- àwọn wọ̀nyí ni
- Igbo
- ndị a bụ
- Twi
- wɔn yi na wɔyɛ
- Ewe
- mawoe nye
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
HEM-ma
- phraseyour reading level
HEM-ma hag-gi-bo-RIM
- clause
HEM-ma hag-gi-bo-RIM a-SHER me-o-LAM an-SHEI ha-SHEM
- sentence
han-ne-fi-LIM ha-YU ba-A-rets ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM ve-GAM a-kha-rei-KHEN a-SHER ya-VO-u be-NEI ha-e-lo-HIM el-be-NOT ha-a-DAM ve-yal-DU la-HEM HEM-ma hag-gi-bo-RIM a-SHER me-o-LAM an-SHEI ha-SHEM
In context — Genesis 6:4
the Nephilim were on the earth in the days those and also afterward when entered sons of God to daughters of humankind gave birth to them these were the powerful men who from ancient times men of fame
About this coordinate
Genesis 6:4:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 6:4, so the Hebrew word הֵ֧מָּה (hemma) 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.6.4.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.4.W16.S1) and character.