Ruth 3:1:7Ruth.3.1.W7PAT
אֲבַקֶּשׁ־לָ֛ךְ
avakkeshlakh
“seek for you”
- Transliteration
- a-vak-KESH-lakh
- Extended
- ah-vahk-KEHSH-laakh
- IPA
- /ʔă.vaqˈqɛʃ.laːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- seek for you
- French
- chercher pour toi
- Spanish
- buscar para ti
- Portuguese
- procurar para ti
- German
- für dich suchen
- Russian
- искать для тебя
- Arabic-Simplified
- أبحث لك
- Hindi
- तुम्हारे लिए खोजूँ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为你寻找
- Korean
- 너를 위해 찾다
- Indonesian
- mencari untukmu
- Bengali
- তোমার জন্য খুঁজব
- Tagalog
- hahanapan kita
- Swahili
- kukutafutia
- Amharic
- እፈልግልሽ
- Yoruba
- wá fún ọ
- Igbo
- chọọ maka gị
- Twi
- hwe wo
- Ewe
- di wò
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-vak-KESH-lakh
- phraseyour reading level
hah-LOH a-vak-KESH-lakh
- clause
bit-TI hah-LOH a-vak-KESH-lakh ma-NO-akh a-SHER ee-TAHV-lakh
- sentence
vah-TOH-mehr LAH na-oh-MI khah-moh-TAH bit-TI hah-LOH a-vak-KESH-lakh ma-NO-akh a-SHER ee-TAHV-lakh
In context — Ruth 3:1
said to her Naomi her mother-in-law my daughter is it not seek for you rest that be well for you
About this coordinate
Ruth 3:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ruth 3:1, so the Hebrew word אֲבַקֶּשׁ־לָ֛ךְ (avakkeshlakh) 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.3.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.3.1.W7.S1) and character.