Ruth 1:13:8Ruth.1.13.W8PAT

לְבִלְתִּ֖י

levilti

so as not to

Transliteration
le-vil-TI
Extended
leh-vihl-TEE
IPA
/ləvilˈtiː/

Meaning by language

English
so as not to
French
pour ne pas
Spanish
para no
Portuguese
para não
German
damit nicht
Russian
чтобы не
Arabic-Simplified
لكي لا
Hindi
ताकि न
Chinese-Simplified
以免
Korean
하지 않도록
Indonesian
agar tidak
Bengali
যেন না
Tagalog
upang hindi
Swahili
ili isiwe
Amharic
እንዳይ
Yoruba
ki má ba
Igbo
ka ghara
Twi
sɛnea ɛrenyɛ
Ewe
be na mava

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Result
לְ + בִלְ + תִּ֖י
le + vil + ti
levilti

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-vil-TI

  2. clause

    ha-la-HEN te-sa-BER-na AD a-SHER yig-DA-lu ha-la-HEN te-a-GE-na le-vil-TI he-YOT le-ISH

  3. sentence

    ha-la-HEN te-sa-BER-na AD a-SHER yig-DA-lu ha-la-HEN te-a-GE-na le-vil-TI he-YOT le-ISH AL be-no-TAI ki-MAR-li me-OD mik-KHEM ki-ya-TSA BI yad-ye-ho-VAH

In contextRuth 1:13

then wait until that grow up then refrain so as not to be to a man no my daughters for it is bitter to me very because of you the hand of the LORD because it has gone out against me

About this coordinate

Ruth 1:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ruth 1:13, so the Hebrew word לְבִלְתִּ֖י (levilti) 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.1.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.13.W8.S1) and character.