Ruth 2:17:8Ruth.2.17.W8PAT

כְּאֵיפָ֥ה

keefa

about an ephah of

Transliteration
ke-E-FA
Extended
keh-EE-FAA
IPA
/kəʔeːˈfaː/

Meaning by language

English
about an ephah of
French
environ un épha de
Spanish
como un efa de
Portuguese
cerca de um efa de
German
etwa ein Epha von
Russian
около одной эфы
Arabic-Simplified
نحو إيفة من
Hindi
लगभग एक एफा का
Chinese-Simplified
大约一伊法的
Korean
약 한 에바의
Indonesian
sekitar satu efa dari
Bengali
প্রায় এক এফা পরিমাণ
Tagalog
humigit-kumulang isang efa ng
Swahili
takriban efa moja ya
Amharic
ወደ አንድ ኤፋ ያህል
Yoruba
bí efa kan ti
Igbo
ihe dị ka otu efa nke
Twi
bɛyɛ efa baako de
Ewe
efa ɖeka ƒe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
כְּ + אֵי + פָ֥ה
ke + e + fa
keefa

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Pep with dagesh; f without
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ke-E-FA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ke-E-FA se-o-RIM

  3. clause

    vat-takh-BOT ET a-SHER-li-ke-TA va-ye-HI ke-E-FA se-o-RIM

  4. sentence

    vat-te-lak-KET bas-sa-DE ad-ha-A-rev vat-takh-BOT ET a-SHER-li-ke-TA va-ye-HI ke-E-FA se-o-RIM

In contextRuth 2:17

she gleaned in the field until the evening she beat out what she had gleaned it was about an ephah of barley

About this coordinate

Ruth 2:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ruth 2:17, so the Hebrew word כְּאֵיפָ֥ה (keefa) 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.2.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.2.17.W8.S1) and character.