Ruth 2:4:9Ruth.2.4.W9PAT

וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ

vahyohmroo

they said

Transliteration
vah-yohm-ROO
Extended
vah-yohm-ROO
IPA
/vaj.joːmˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
they said
French
ils dirent
Spanish
ellos dijeron
Portuguese
eles disseram
German
sie sagten
Russian
они сказали
Arabic-Simplified
قالوا
Hindi
उन्होंने कहा
Chinese-Simplified
他们说
Korean
그들이 말했다
Indonesian
mereka berkata
Bengali
তারা বলল
Tagalog
sinabi nila
Swahili
wakasema
Amharic
አሉ
Yoruba
wọn sọ
Igbo
ha sịrị
Twi
wɔkaa
Ewe
wo gblɔ

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Result
וַ + יֹּ֥אמְר + וּ
vah + yohm + roo
vahyohmroo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    vah-yohm-ROO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    vah-yohm-ROO LO

  3. clause

    vah-yohm-ROO LO ye-vah-REKH-kha Ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    veh-hihn-neh-BOH-az BA mih-BEET LE-khem va-yo-MER lah-KOH-TSE-REEM Ye-ho-VAH im-ma-KHEM vah-yohm-ROO LO ye-vah-REKH-kha Ye-ho-VAH

In contextRuth 2:4

and behold Boaz came from Bethlehem said to the reapers LORD with you they said to him bless you LORD

About this coordinate

Ruth 2:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ruth 2:4, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ (vahyohmroo) 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.2.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.2.4.W9.S1) and character.