Ruth 2:11:24Ruth.2.11.W24PAT

שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃

shilshom

before

Transliteration
shil-SHOM
Extended
shihl-SHOHM
IPA
/ʃilˈʃoːm/

Meaning by language

English
before
French
avant
Spanish
antes
Portuguese
antes
German
zuvor
Russian
раньше
Arabic-Simplified
من قبل
Hindi
पहले
Chinese-Simplified
以前
Korean
이전에
Indonesian
sebelum
Bengali
আগে
Tagalog
bago
Swahili
kabla
Amharic
በፊት
Yoruba
ṣáájú
Igbo
tupu
Twi
ansa na
Ewe
na

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שִׁלְ + שֽׁוֹם׃
shil + shom
shilshom

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    shil-SHOM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    te-MOL shil-SHOM

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextRuth 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 2:11:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Ruth 2:11, so the Hebrew word שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃ (shilshom) 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.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.2.11.W24.S1) and character.