Ruth 1:6:4Ruth.1.6.W4PAT

וַתָּ֖שָׁב

vatashav

{She} returned

Transliteration
va-ta-SHAV
Extended
vah-tah-SHAAV
IPA
/vat.taˈʃaːv/

Meaning by language

English
{She} returned
French
{Elle} retourna
Spanish
{Ella} regresó
Portuguese
{Ela} voltou
German
{Sie} kehrte zurück
Russian
{Она} вернулась
Arabic-Simplified
رجعت
Hindi
{वह} लौट गई
Chinese-Simplified
返回
Korean
돌아갔다
Indonesian
kembali
Bengali
ফিরে গেল
Tagalog
bumalik
Swahili
akarudi
Amharic
ተመለሰች
Yoruba
padà
Igbo
laghachi
Twi
san kɔe
Ewe
trɔ gbɔ

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Result
וַ + תָּ֖ + שָׁב
va + ta + shav
vatashav

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ta-SHAV

  2. clause

    va-ta-KAM HI ve-kha-lo-TE-ha va-ta-SHAV mi-se-DE mo-AV

  3. sentence

    va-ta-KAM HI ve-kha-lo-TE-ha va-ta-SHAV mi-se-DE mo-AV KI sha-me-A bi-se-DE mo-AV ki-fa-KAD Ye-ho-VAH et-a-MO la-TET la-HEM LA-khem

In contextRuth 1:6

she and her daughters-in-law {She} rose {She} returned from the fields of Moab for {She} had heard in the field of Moab that {he} had visited LORD his people to give to them bread

About this coordinate

Ruth 1:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ruth 1:6, so the Hebrew word וַתָּ֖שָׁב (vatashav) 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.1.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.6.W4.S1) and character.