Genesis 8:5:2Gen.8.5.W2PAT
הָיוּ֙
hayu
“were”
- Transliteration
- ha-YU
- Extended
- hah-YOO
- IPA
- /haː.ˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
- French
- étaient
- Spanish
- eran
- Portuguese
- eram
- German
- waren
- Russian
- были
- Arabic-Simplified
- كانت
- Hindi
- थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 仍在
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- ada
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- ay
- Swahili
- yalikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- wà
- Igbo
- dị
- Twi
- wɔ
- 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
- clause
ve-ha-MA-yim ha-YU ha-LOKH ve-kha-SOR AD ha-KHO-desh ha-a-si-RI
- sentence
ve-ha-MA-yim ha-YU ha-LOKH ve-kha-SOR AD ha-KHO-desh ha-a-si-RI ba-a-si-RI be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh ni-re-U ra-SHEI heh-ha-RIM
In context — Genesis 8:5
and the waters were continuing and diminishing until the month the tenth in the tenth on the first of the month tops of the mountains were seen
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 8:5, so the Hebrew word הָיוּ֙ (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.8.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.5.W2.S1) and character.