Ruth 1:16:6Ruth.1.16.W6PAT
מֵאַחֲרָ֑יִךְ
mehahkhahrayikh
“from behind you”
- Transliteration
- meh-ah-khah-RA-YIKH
- Extended
- mee-ah-khah-rah-YEEKH
- IPA
- /meː.ʔaħ.aˈra.jix/
Meaning by language
- English
- from behind you
- French
- de derrière toi
- Spanish
- de detrás de ti
- Portuguese
- de trás de ti
- German
- hinter dir
- Russian
- позади тебя
- Arabic-Simplified
- من خلفك
- Hindi
- तुम्हारे पीछे से
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在你后面
- Korean
- 네 뒤에서
- Indonesian
- dari belakangmu
- Bengali
- তোমার পেছন থেকে
- Tagalog
- mula sa likod mo
- Swahili
- kutoka nyuma yako
- Amharic
- ከኋላሽ
- Yoruba
- lẹ́yìn rẹ
- Igbo
- n'azụ gị
- Twi
- w'akyi
- Ewe
- nuti wò
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
meh-ah-khah-RA-YIKH
- phraseyour reading level
la-SHUV meh-ah-khah-RA-YIKH
- clause
va-TO-mer ROOT al-tif-GE-ee-BEE leh-ahz-VEKH la-SHUV meh-ah-khah-RA-YIKH
- sentence
va-TO-mer ROOT al-tif-GE-ee-BEE leh-ahz-VEKH la-SHUV meh-ah-khah-RA-YIKH KI el-a-SHER TEL-khi e-LEKH u-va-a-SHER ta-LI-ni ah-LEEN a-MEKH a-MI ve-e-lo-ha-YIKH e-lo-HAI
In context — Ruth 1:16
Ruth {And} said do not urge me to leave you to turn back from behind you for where you go I will go and where you lodge I will lodge your people my people and your God my God
About this coordinate
Ruth 1:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ruth 1:16, so the Hebrew word מֵאַחֲרָ֑יִךְ (mehahkhahrayikh) 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.1.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.16.W6.S1) and character.