Genesis 7:10:6Gen.7.10.W6PAT
הָי֖וּ
hayu
“were”
- Transliteration
- ha-YU
- Extended
- hah-YOO
- IPA
- /haː.ˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
- French
- étaient
- Spanish
- estaban
- Portuguese
- estavam
- German
- waren
- Russian
- были
- Arabic-Simplified
- كَانَتْ
- Hindi
- थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- berada
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- naroon
- Swahili
- yalikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- wà
- Igbo
- dị
- Twi
- wɔ
- Ewe
- nɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
הָ + י֖וּ
↓
ha + yu
↓
hayu
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-YU
- clause
u-MEI ha-mab-BUL ha-YU al-ha-A-RETS
- sentence
va-ye-HI le-shiv-AT ha-ya-MIM u-MEI ha-mab-BUL ha-YU al-ha-A-RETS
In context — Genesis 7:10
{And} it happened after seven days and the waters of the deluge were upon the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 7:10, so the Hebrew word הָי֖וּ (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.7.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.10.W6.S1) and character.