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

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Result
לְ + אִ֔ישׁ
leh + ish
lehish

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    leh-ISH

  2. 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

  3. 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 contextRuth 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.