Ruth 3:14:5Ruth.3.14.W5PAT

בְּטֶ֛רֶם

beterem

before

Transliteration
be-TE-rem
Extended
beh-TEH-rehm
IPA
/bəˈtɛrɛm/

Meaning by language

English
before
French
avant
Spanish
antes
Portuguese
antes
German
bevor
Russian
прежде
Arabic-Simplified
قبل
Hindi
पहले
Chinese-Simplified
之前
Korean
전에
Indonesian
sebelum
Bengali
আগে
Tagalog
bago
Swahili
kabla ya
Amharic
በፊት
Yoruba
Igbo
tupu
Twi
ansa na
Ewe
ŋgɔ

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Result
בְּ + טֶ֛ + רֶם
be + te + rem
beterem

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tett — emphatic
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-TE-rem

  2. clause

    va-tish-KAV mar-ge-lo-TAV ad-ha-BO-ker va-TA-kam be-TE-rem ya-KEER ISH et-re-eh-HU

  3. sentence

    va-tish-KAV mar-ge-lo-TAV ad-ha-BO-ker va-TA-kam be-TE-rem ya-KEER ISH et-re-eh-HU va-YO-mer al-yi-va-DA ki-BA-ah ha-i-SHA ha-GO-ren

In contextRuth 3:14

lay down at his feet until the morning rose before recognize a man his companion said not be known came the woman the threshing floor

About this coordinate

Ruth 3:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ruth 3:14, so the Hebrew word בְּטֶ֛רֶם (beterem) 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.3.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.3.14.W5.S1) and character.