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

Result
וַ + יִּֽהְ + יוּ + שָֽׁם׃
va + yih + yu + sham
vayihyusham

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yih-yu-SHAM

  2. clause

    va-ya-VO-u sdei-mo-AV va-yih-yu-SHAM

  3. 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 contextRuth 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.