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

Result
וַ + יַּ֗ + עַן
va + ya + an
vayaan

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YA-an

  2. clause

    va-YA-an ha-NA-ar ha-nit-TSAV al-ha-koh-TSREEM va-yo-MAR

  3. 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 contextRuth 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.