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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לְ + מִ֖י
↓
le + mi
↓
lemi
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-MI
- clause
le-MI ha-na-a-RA ha-ZOT
- 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 context — Ruth 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.