Ruth 3:2:4Ruth.3.2.W4TAB
מֹֽדַעְתָּ֔נוּ
modaetanu
“our acquaintance or our relative”
- Transliteration
- mo-da-e-TA-nu
- Extended
- moh-dah-eh-TAH-noo
- IPA
- /moːðaʕˈtːaːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- our acquaintance or our relative
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mo-da-e-TA-nu
- clause
ve-a-TAH ha-LO BO-az mo-da-e-TA-nu a-SHER ha-YIT et-na-a-ro-TAIV
- sentence
ve-a-TAH ha-LO BO-az mo-da-e-TA-nu a-SHER ha-YIT et-na-a-ro-TAIV hi-NE-HU zo-RE et-GO-ren ha-se-o-RIM ha-LAI-la
Exegesis
The construct mōdaʿtānû {מֹדַעְתָּנוּ | mōdaʿ-tānû} establishes Boaz’s role as kinsman.
Root and etymology
y-d-ʿyod–dalet–ayin
“to know; to be acquainted”
In context — Ruth 3:2
Now then, is not Boaz our relative , the one whose young women you were with? Look—tonight he is winnowing the barley at the threshing floor.
About this coordinate
Ruth 3:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ruth 3:2, so the Hebrew word מֹֽדַעְתָּ֔נוּ (modaetanu) 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 Ruth.3.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.3.2.W4.S1) and character.