Ruth 2:19:9Ruth.2.19.W9PAT
יְהִ֥י
yehi
“may he be”
- Transliteration
- ye-HI
- Extended
- yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /jəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- may he be
- French
- qu'il soit
- Spanish
- sea
- Portuguese
- seja
- German
- sei
- Russian
- да будет
- Arabic-Simplified
- ليكن
- Hindi
- हो
- Chinese-Simplified
- 愿是
- Korean
- 되게 하라
- Indonesian
- kiranya
- Bengali
- হোক
- Tagalog
- nawa'y maging
- Swahili
- na awe
- Amharic
- ይሁን
- Yoruba
- kí ó jẹ́
- Igbo
- ka ọ bụrụ
- Twi
- nyɛ
- Ewe
- na wòva
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ye-HI
- phraseyour reading level
ye-HI mak-ki-REKH
- clause
va-to-MER LA kha-mo-TA E-fo lik-KAT-te ha-YOM ve-A-na a-SI-t ye-HI mak-ki-REKH ba-RUKH
- sentence
va-to-MER LA kha-mo-TA E-fo lik-KAT-te ha-YOM ve-A-na a-SI-t ye-HI mak-ki-REKH ba-RUKH va-tag-GED la-kha-mo-TA ET a-SHER-a-se-TA i-MO va-to-MER SHEM ha-ISH a-SHER a-si-TI i-MO ha-YOM BO-az
In context — Ruth 2:19
she said to her her mother-in-law where you gleaned today and where you worked may he be the one recognizing you blessed she told to her mother-in-law what she did with him she said name the man who I worked with him today Boaz
About this coordinate
Ruth 2:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ruth 2:19, so the Hebrew word יְהִ֥י (yehi) 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.2.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.2.19.W9.S1) and character.