Ruth 1:2:17Ruth.1.2.W17PAT
וַיִּֽהְיוּ־שָֽׁם׃
vayihyusham
“and remained there”
- Transliteration
- va-yih-yu-SHAM
- Extended
- vah-yih-yoo-SHAAM
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈjuː.ʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and remained there
- French
- et restèrent là
- Spanish
- y permanecieron allí
- Portuguese
- e permaneceram ali
- German
- blieben dort
- Russian
- были там
- Arabic-Simplified
- وظلوا هناك
- Hindi
- वहाँ रहे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 留在那里
- Korean
- 거기에 머물렀다
- Indonesian
- tinggal di sana
- Bengali
- সেখানে রইল
- Tagalog
- nanatili roon
- Swahili
- walikaa huko
- Amharic
- በዚያ ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- wà níbẹ̀
- Igbo
- nọ ebe ahụ
- Twi
- wɔɔ hɔ
- Ewe
- nɔ afima
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yih-yu-SHAM
- clause
va-ya-VO-u sdei-mo-AV va-yih-yu-SHAM
- sentence
ve-SHEM ha-ISH eh-lee-MEH-lekh ve-SHEM ish-TO na-oh-MI ve-SHEM sheh-NEE-bah-NAHV makh-LOHN ve-khil-YON eh-frah-TEEM mih-BEIT LE-khem ye-hu-DA va-ya-VO-u sdei-mo-AV va-yih-yu-SHAM
In context — Ruth 1:2
and the name of the man Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion Ephrathites from Bethlehem of Judah came fields of Moab and remained there
About this coordinate
Ruth 1:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Ruth 1:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽהְיוּ־שָֽׁם׃ (vayihyusham) 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.1.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.2.W17.S1) and character.