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

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Result
הֵ֧מ + מָּה
hem + ma
hemma

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    HEM-ma

  2. phraseyour reading level

    HEM-ma hag-gi-bo-RIM

  3. clause

    HEM-ma hag-gi-bo-RIM a-SHER me-o-LAM an-SHEI ha-SHEM

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.