Ruth 2:5:6Ruth.2.5.W6PAT

לְמִ֖י

lemi

to whom

Transliteration
le-MI
Extended
leh-MEE
IPA
/ləˈmiː/

Meaning by language

English
to whom
French
à qui
Spanish
a quién
Portuguese
a quem
German
wem
Russian
кому
Arabic-Simplified
لمن
Hindi
किसको
Chinese-Simplified
对谁
Korean
누구에게
Indonesian
kepada siapa
Bengali
কার কাছে
Tagalog
kanino
Swahili
kwa nani
Amharic
ለማን
Yoruba
sí ta ni
Igbo
nye onye
Twi
hena
Ewe
na hena

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Result
לְ + מִ֖י
le + mi
lemi

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-MI

  2. clause

    le-MI ha-na-a-RA ha-ZOT

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer BO-az le-na-a-RO ha-nits-TSAV al-ha-KOH-tseh-REEM le-MI ha-na-a-RA ha-ZOT

In contextRuth 2:5

said Boaz to his young man the one standing over the reapers to whom the young woman this

About this coordinate

Ruth 2:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ruth 2:5, so the Hebrew word לְמִ֖י (lemi) 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.2.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.2.5.W6.S1) and character.