Genesis 6:4:2Gen.6.4.W2PAT
הָי֣וּ
hayu
“were”
- Transliteration
- ha-YU
- Extended
- hah-YOO
- IPA
- /haːˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
- French
- étaient
- Spanish
- eran
- Portuguese
- eram
- German
- waren
- Russian
- были
- Arabic-Simplified
- كانوا
- Hindi
- थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- berada
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- naroon
- Swahili
- walikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- wà
- Igbo
- nọ
- Twi
- wɔe
- Ewe
- nɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-YU
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YU ba-A-rets
- clause
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
- 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 6:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 6:4, so the Hebrew word הָי֣וּ (hayu) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.4.W2.S1) and character.