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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vah-yohm-ROO
- phraseyour reading level
vah-yohm-ROO LO
- clause
vah-yohm-ROO LO ye-vah-REKH-kha Ye-ho-VAH
- 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 context — Ruth 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.