Ruth 1:4:11Ruth.1.4.W11PAT
וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ
vayehshehvoo
“they lived”
- Transliteration
- va-YEH-sheh-VOO
- Extended
- vah-YEH-sheh-VOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːʃ.əˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they lived
- French
- ils habitèrent
- Spanish
- vivieron
- Portuguese
- viveram
- German
- sie wohnten
- Russian
- жили
- Arabic-Simplified
- وسكنوا
- Hindi
- रहे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 住了
- Korean
- 살았다
- Indonesian
- tinggal
- Bengali
- বাস করল
- Tagalog
- nanirahan sila
- Swahili
- waliishi
- Amharic
- ኖሩ
- Yoruba
- wọn gbé
- Igbo
- ha biri
- Twi
- wɔtenaa
- Ewe
- wonɔ
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YEH-sheh-VOO
- phraseyour reading level
va-YEH-sheh-VOO SHAM
- clause
va-YEH-sheh-VOO SHAM khe-EH-ser shah-NEEM
- sentence
va-yis-OO la-HEM na-SHIM mo-ah-viy-YOT SHEM ha-a-KHAT or-PAA ve-SHEM ha-she-NEET RUT va-YEH-sheh-VOO SHAM khe-EH-ser shah-NEEM
In context — Ruth 1:4
they took for themselves Moabite wives name of the one Orpah and name of the second Ruth they lived there about ten years
About this coordinate
Ruth 1:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ruth 1:4, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ (vayehshehvoo) 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.1.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.4.W11.S1) and character.