Ruth 2:21:6Ruth.2.21.W6PAT
אֵלַ֗י
ehlai
“to me”
- Transliteration
- eh-LAI
- Extended
- eh-LAI
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈlaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- to me
- French
- à moi
- Spanish
- a mí
- Portuguese
- a mim
- German
- zu mir
- Russian
- мне
- Arabic-Simplified
- إليّ
- Hindi
- मुझे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 对我
- Korean
- 내게
- Indonesian
- kepadaku
- Bengali
- আমাকে
- Tagalog
- sa akin
- Swahili
- kwangu
- Amharic
- ለእኔ
- Yoruba
- sí mi
- Igbo
- nye m
- Twi
- me nkyɛn
- Ewe
- na me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
eh-LAI
- phraseyour reading level
GAM kee-ah-MAR eh-LAI
- clause
GAM kee-ah-MAR eh-LAI im-ha-ne-a-RIM ah-SHER-LI ihm-ki-LOO AD ihm-ki-LOO ET kol-ha-ka-TSIR ah-SHER-LI
- sentence
va-TO-mer RUT ha-mo-a-vi-YA GAM kee-ah-MAR eh-LAI im-ha-ne-a-RIM ah-SHER-LI ihm-ki-LOO AD ihm-ki-LOO ET kol-ha-ka-TSIR ah-SHER-LI
In context — Ruth 2:21
said Ruth the Moabitess also because he said to me with the young men who are mine cling until when they have finished all the harvest that is mine
About this coordinate
Ruth 2:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ruth 2:21, so the Hebrew word אֵלַ֗י (ehlai) 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.2.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.2.21.W6.S1) and character.