Ruth 2:6:1Ruth.2.6.W1PAT
וַיַּ֗עַן
vayaan
“answered”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-an
- Extended
- vah-YA-ahn
- IPA
- /vajˈja.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- answered
- French
- répondit
- Spanish
- respondió
- Portuguese
- respondeu
- German
- antwortete
- Russian
- ответил
- Arabic-Simplified
- أجاب
- Hindi
- उत्तर दिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 回答了
- Korean
- 대답했다
- Indonesian
- menjawab
- Bengali
- উত্তর দিল
- Tagalog
- sumagot
- Swahili
- alijibu
- Amharic
- መለሰ
- Yoruba
- dáhùn
- Igbo
- zara
- Twi
- buaa
- Ewe
- ɖo
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YA-an
- clause
va-YA-an ha-NA-ar ha-nit-TSAV al-ha-koh-TSREEM va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-YA-an ha-NA-ar ha-nit-TSAV al-ha-koh-TSREEM va-yo-MAR na-a-RA mo-a-vi-YA HI ha-sha-VA im-na-o-MI mis-DEH mo-AV
In context — Ruth 2:6
answered the young man the one standing over the reapers said a young woman a Moabite woman she the one who returned with Naomi from the field of Moab
About this coordinate
Ruth 2:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ruth 2:6, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֗עַן (vayaan) 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.2.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.2.6.W1.S1) and character.