Ruth 2:17:9Ruth.2.17.W9PAT
שְׂעֹרִֽים׃
seorim
“barley”
- Transliteration
- se-o-RIM
- Extended
- seh-oh-REEM
- IPA
- /səʕoːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- barley
- French
- orge
- Spanish
- cebada
- Portuguese
- cevada
- German
- Gerste
- Russian
- ячменя
- Arabic-Simplified
- الشعير
- Hindi
- जौ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 大麦
- Korean
- 보리
- Indonesian
- jelai
- Bengali
- যব
- Tagalog
- sebada
- Swahili
- shayiri
- Amharic
- ገብስ
- Yoruba
- barli
- Igbo
- balị
- Twi
- balɛi
- Ewe
- baleyi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
se-o-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ke-E-FA se-o-RIM
- clause
vat-takh-BOT ET a-SHER-li-ke-TA va-ye-HI ke-E-FA se-o-RIM
- 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 context — Ruth 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 2:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ruth 2:17, so the Hebrew word שְׂעֹרִֽים׃ (seorim) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.2.17.W9.S1) and character.