Ruth 1:12:15Ruth.1.12.W15PAT
לְאִ֔ישׁ
lehish
“to a man”
- Transliteration
- leh-ISH
- Extended
- leh-EESH
- IPA
- /ləˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a man
- French
- à un homme
- Spanish
- a un hombre
- Portuguese
- a um homem
- German
- zu einem Mann
- Russian
- к одному мужчине
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى رجل
- Hindi
- एक पुरुष के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 给一个男人
- Korean
- 한 남자에게
- Indonesian
- kepada seorang laki-laki
- Bengali
- একজন পুরুষের কাছে
- Tagalog
- sa isang lalaki
- Swahili
- kwa mwanamume mmoja
- Amharic
- ለአንድ ወንድ
- Yoruba
- sí ọkùnrin kan
- Igbo
- nye nwoke
- Twi
- kɔ ɔbarima bi nkyɛn
- Ewe
- na ŋutsu ɖeka
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
leh-ISH
- 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 1:12:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Ruth 1:12, so the Hebrew word לְאִ֔ישׁ (lehish) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.12.W15.S1) and character.