Ruth 1:20:8Ruth.1.20.W8PAT
מָרָ֔א
mara
“Mara”
- Transliteration
- ma-RA
- Extended
- maa-RAA
- IPA
- /maːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Mara
- French
- Mara
- Spanish
- Mara
- Portuguese
- Mara
- German
- Mara
- Russian
- Мара
- Arabic-Simplified
- مارا
- Hindi
- मारा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 玛拉
- Korean
- 마라
- Indonesian
- Mara
- Bengali
- মারা
- Tagalog
- Mara
- Swahili
- Mara
- Amharic
- ማራ
- Yoruba
- Mara
- Igbo
- Mara
- Twi
- Mara
- Ewe
- Mara
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
מָ + רָ֔א
↓
ma + ra
↓
mara
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-RA
- clause
ke-RE-a-na LI ma-RA ki-he-MAR sha-DAI LI me-OD
- sentence
va-TO-mer a-le-HEN al-tik-RE-a-na LI na-o-MI ke-RE-a-na LI ma-RA ki-he-MAR sha-DAI LI me-OD
In context — Ruth 1:20
said to them do not call to me Naomi call to me Mara has made bitter the Almighty to me very much
About this coordinate
Ruth 1:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ruth 1:20, so the Hebrew word מָרָ֔א (mara) 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.1.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.20.W8.S1) and character.