Ruth 1:4:8Ruth.1.4.W8PAT

וְשֵׁ֥ם

veshem

and name of

Transliteration
ve-SHEM
Extended
veh-SHEHM
IPA
/vəˈʃeːm/

Meaning by language

English
and name of
French
et nom de
Spanish
y nombre de
Portuguese
e nome de
German
und Name der
Russian
и имя
Arabic-Simplified
واسم
Hindi
और नाम
Chinese-Simplified
和名字
Korean
그리고 이름
Indonesian
dan nama
Bengali
এবং নাম
Tagalog
at pangalan ng
Swahili
na jina la
Amharic
እና ስም
Yoruba
àti orúkọ ti
Igbo
na aha nke
Twi
na din
Ewe
kple ŋkɔ

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Result
וְ + שֵׁ֥ם
ve + shem
veshem

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-SHEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-SHEM ha-she-NEET

  3. clause

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

  4. 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 1:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ruth 1:4, so the Hebrew word וְשֵׁ֥ם (veshem) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.4.W8.S1) and character.