Ruth 1:4:5Ruth.1.4.W5PAT
שֵׁ֤ם
shem
“name of”
- Transliteration
- SHEM
- Extended
- SHEHM
- IPA
- /ˈʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- name of
- French
- nom de
- Spanish
- nombre de
- Portuguese
- nome de
- German
- Name der
- Russian
- имя
- Arabic-Simplified
- اسم
- Hindi
- नाम
- Chinese-Simplified
- 名字
- Korean
- 이름
- Indonesian
- nama
- Bengali
- নাম
- Tagalog
- pangalan ng
- Swahili
- jina la
- Amharic
- ስም
- Yoruba
- orúkọ ti
- Igbo
- aha nke
- Twi
- din
- Ewe
- ŋkɔ la
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHEM
- phraseyour reading level
SHEM ha-a-KHAT
- clause
va-yis-OO la-HEM na-SHIM mo-ah-viy-YOT SHEM ha-a-KHAT or-PAA ve-SHEM ha-she-NEET RUT
- 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 1:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ruth 1:4, so the Hebrew word שֵׁ֤ם (shem) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.4.W5.S1) and character.