Ruth 1:4:3Ruth.1.4.W3PAT

נָשִׁים֙

nashim

wives

Transliteration
na-SHIM
Extended
nah-SHEEM
IPA
/naːˈʃiːm/

Meaning by language

English
wives
French
épouses
Spanish
esposas
Portuguese
esposas
German
Ehefrauen
Russian
жёны
Arabic-Simplified
زوجات
Hindi
पत्नियाँ
Chinese-Simplified
妻子们
Korean
아내들
Indonesian
istri-istri
Bengali
স্ত্রীরা
Tagalog
mga asawa
Swahili
wake
Amharic
ሚስቶች
Yoruba
aya
Igbo
nwunye
Twi
yerenom
Ewe
srɔ̃wo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
נָ + שִׁים֙
na + shim
nashim

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    na-SHIM

  2. clause

    va-yis-OO la-HEM na-SHIM mo-ah-viy-YOT SHEM ha-a-KHAT or-PAA ve-SHEM ha-she-NEET RUT

  3. 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 contextRuth 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 1:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ruth 1:4, so the Hebrew word נָשִׁים֙ (nashim) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.4.W3.S1) and character.