Ruth 1:16:8Ruth.1.16.W8PAT
אֶל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר
elasher
“where”
- Transliteration
- el-a-SHER
- Extended
- ehl-ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʔaˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- where
- French
- où
- Spanish
- donde
- Portuguese
- onde
- German
- wohin
- Russian
- куда
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى حيث
- Hindi
- जहाँ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 哪里
- Korean
- 어디로
- Indonesian
- ke mana
- Bengali
- যেখানে
- Tagalog
- kung saan
- Swahili
- mahali ambapo
- Amharic
- ወደ የት
- Yoruba
- níbi tí
- Igbo
- ebe
- Twi
- baabi a
- Ewe
- afi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
el-a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
el-a-SHER TEL-khi
- clause
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
- 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 1:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ruth 1:16, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר (elasher) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.16.W8.S1) and character.