Ruth 1:7:8Ruth.1.7.W8PAT
וַתֵּלַ֣כְנָה
vattelakhna
“{And} they went”
- Transliteration
- vat-te-LAKH-na
- Extended
- vaht-teh-LAHKH-nah
- IPA
- /vat.teˈlaχnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they went
- French
- {Et} elles allèrent
- Spanish
- {Y} ellas fueron
- Portuguese
- {E} elas foram
- German
- {Und} sie gingen
- Russian
- {И} они пошли
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَذَهَبْنَ
- Hindi
- और वे गईं
- Chinese-Simplified
- 她们就走了
- Korean
- 그리고 그들은 갔다
- Indonesian
- dan mereka pergi
- Bengali
- আর তারা গেল
- Tagalog
- at nagpunta sila
- Swahili
- wakaenda
- Amharic
- እነሱ ሄዱ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n sì lọ
- Igbo
- ha wee gawa
- Twi
- na wɔkɔe
- Ewe
- eye woyi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vat-te-LAKH-na
- phraseyour reading level
vat-te-LAKH-na ba-DE-rekh
- clause
vat-te-LAKH-na ba-DE-rekh la-SHOOV el-EH-rets ye-hoo-DA
- sentence
vat-te-TSE min-ha-ma-KOM ah-SHER ha-yeh-ta-SHAM-ma oo-sheh-TEE kha-lo-TE-ya i-MAA vat-te-LAKH-na ba-DE-rekh la-SHOOV el-EH-rets ye-hoo-DA
In context — Ruth 1:7
and two of her daughters-in-law with her {And} she went out from the place where she had been there {And} they went on the way to return to the land of Judah
About this coordinate
Ruth 1:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ruth 1:7, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּלַ֣כְנָה (vattelakhna) 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.1.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.7.W8.S1) and character.