Ruth 1:14:9Ruth.1.14.W9PAT

דָּ֥בְקָה

davkah

clung

Transliteration
DAV-kah
Extended
DAAV-kah
IPA
/ˈdaːv.kaː/

Meaning by language

English
clung
French
s'attacha
Spanish
se aferró
Portuguese
apegou-se
German
klammerte sich
Russian
прильнула
Arabic-Simplified
التصقت
Hindi
चिपकी
Chinese-Simplified
紧紧依附
Korean
달라붙었다
Indonesian
melekat
Bengali
লেগে রইল
Tagalog
kumapit
Swahili
akashikamana
Amharic
ተጣበቀች
Yoruba
di mọ́
Igbo
rapara
Twi
bataa ho
Ewe
woɖe eŋu

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Result
דָּ֥בְ + קָה
dav + kah
davkah

Alphabet Analysis

Daletd as in door
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    DAV-kah

  2. phraseyour reading level

    DAV-kah BAH

  3. clause

    va-tish-SHAK or-PA la-kha-mo-TAH ve-ROOT DAV-kah BAH

  4. sentence

    va-tis-SE-nah koh-LAN va-tiv-KEH-nah OD va-tish-SHAK or-PA la-kha-mo-TAH ve-ROOT DAV-kah BAH

In contextRuth 1:14

{And} they lifted up their voices {And} they wept again Orpah {And} kissed her mother-in-law {And} Ruth clung to her

About this coordinate

Ruth 1:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ruth 1:14, so the Hebrew word דָּ֥בְקָה (davkah) 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.1.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.14.W9.S1) and character.