Ruth 3:15:6Ruth.3.15.W6PAT

וַתֹּ֣אחֶז

vatokhez

she held

Transliteration
va-TO-khez
Extended
vah-TOH-khehz
IPA
/ˈvat.toː.ʔɛħɛz/

Meaning by language

English
she held
French
elle saisit
Spanish
ella agarró
Portuguese
ela segurou
German
sie hielt
Russian
она схватила
Arabic-Simplified
أمسكتها
Hindi
उसने पकड़ लिया
Chinese-Simplified
她抓住了它
Korean
그녀가 잡았다
Indonesian
dia memegangnya
Bengali
সে ধরল
Tagalog
hinawakan niya
Swahili
akaishika
Amharic
እሷ ያዘችው
Yoruba
ó dì í
Igbo
ọ jidere ya
Twi
ɔkyeree no
Ewe
edze e

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Result
וַ + תֹּ֣א + חֶז
va + to + khez
vatokhez

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Zayinz as in zero

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-TO-khez

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-TO-khez BAH

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer ha-VEE ha-mit-PA-khat a-SHER-a-LA-YIKH veh-eh-KHOH-ZEE-bah va-TO-khez BAH

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer ha-VEE ha-mit-PA-khat a-SHER-a-LA-YIKH veh-eh-KHOH-ZEE-bah va-TO-khez BAH va-YA-mad shehsh-seh-oh-RIM va-YA-shet a-LEH-ha va-ya-VO ha-IR

In contextRuth 3:15

he said bring the shawl which is on you hold it she held it he measured six measures of barley he put on her he came to the city

About this coordinate

Ruth 3:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ruth 3:15, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֣אחֶז (vatokhez) 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.3.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.3.15.W6.S1) and character.