Ruth 2:11:20Ruth.2.11.W20PAT
אֶל־עַ֕ם
elam
“to a people”
- Transliteration
- el-AM
- Extended
- ehl-AHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʕam/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a people
- French
- vers un peuple
- Spanish
- a un pueblo
- Portuguese
- a um povo
- German
- zu einem Volk
- Russian
- к народу
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى شعب
- Hindi
- एक जाति के पास
- Chinese-Simplified
- 到一个民族
- Korean
- 한 백성에게
- Indonesian
- kepada suatu bangsa
- Bengali
- এক জাতির কাছে
- Tagalog
- sa isang bayan
- Swahili
- kwa watu
- Amharic
- ወደ ሕዝብ
- Yoruba
- sí àwọn ènìyàn
- Igbo
- n’ebe ndị mmadụ
- Twi
- kɔɔ ɔman bi
- Ewe
- na amewo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-AM
- clause
vah-tah-AHZ-VEE ah-VEEKH veh-ih-MEKH veh-EH-rets moh-LAD-tekh vah-TEHL-KHEE el-AM a-SHER loh-ya-DAHT te-MOL shil-SHOM
- sentence
vah-YA-an BO-az vah-YOH-mer LAH hoo-GEHD hoo-GAD LI KOL a-SHER-a-SEET ET-kha-mo-TEKH a-kha-RE MOHT i-SHEKH vah-tah-AHZ-VEE ah-VEEKH veh-ih-MEKH veh-EH-rets moh-LAD-tekh vah-TEHL-KHEE el-AM a-SHER loh-ya-DAHT te-MOL shil-SHOM
In context — Ruth 2:11
answered Boaz said to her fully told told to me all that you did your mother-in-law after death of your husband left your father and your mother and the land of your birth went to a people that you did not know formerly before
About this coordinate
Ruth 2:11:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Ruth 2:11, so the Hebrew word אֶל־עַ֕ם (elam) 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.2.11.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.2.11.W20.S1) and character.