Ruth 1:12:11Ruth.1.12.W11PAT
תִקְוָ֔ה
tikva
“hope”
- Transliteration
- tik-VA
- Extended
- tik-VAA
- IPA
- /tiqˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- hope
- French
- espérance
- Spanish
- esperanza
- Portuguese
- esperança
- German
- Hoffnung
- Russian
- надежда
- Arabic-Simplified
- أمل
- Hindi
- आशा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 希望
- Korean
- 희망
- Indonesian
- harapan
- Bengali
- আশা
- Tagalog
- pag-asa
- Swahili
- tumaini
- Amharic
- ተስፋ
- Yoruba
- ìrètí
- Igbo
- olile anya
- Twi
- anidasoɔ
- Ewe
- aɖa
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
tik-VA
- phraseyour reading level
YESH-li tik-VA
- clause
KI a-MAR-ti YESH-li tik-VA GAM ha-YI-ti hal-LAI-la leh-ISH ve-GAM ya-LAD-ti va-NIM
- sentence
SHOV-na ve-no-TAI LEKH-na KI ZA-kan-ti mih-he-YOT leh-ISH KI a-MAR-ti YESH-li tik-VA GAM ha-YI-ti hal-LAI-la leh-ISH ve-GAM ya-LAD-ti va-NIM
In context — Ruth 1:12
turn back my daughters go for I have grown old from being to a man if I said I have hope even I was the night to a man and even I bore sons
About this coordinate
Ruth 1:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ruth 1:12, so the Hebrew word תִקְוָ֔ה (tikva) 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.1.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.12.W11.S1) and character.