Ruth 3:17:11Ruth.3.17.W11PAT
אֶל־חֲמוֹתֵֽךְ׃
elkhamotekh
“to your mother-in-law”
- Transliteration
- el-kha-mo-TEKH
- Extended
- ehl-khah-moh-TEKH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ħă.moː.ˈteːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to your mother-in-law
- French
- à ta belle-mère
- Spanish
- a tu suegra
- Portuguese
- à tua sogra
- German
- zu deiner Schwiegermutter
- Russian
- к твоей свекрови
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى حماتك
- Hindi
- अपनी सास के पास
- Chinese-Simplified
- 到你婆婆那里
- Korean
- 네 시어머니에게
- Indonesian
- kepada ibu mertuamu
- Bengali
- তোমার শাশুড়ির কাছে
- Tagalog
- sa biyenan mo
- Swahili
- kwa mama mkwe wako
- Amharic
- ለአማችሽ
- Yoruba
- sí ìyá ọkọ rẹ
- Igbo
- nne di gị
- Twi
- wo asew
- Ewe
- na wò srɔ̃ɖe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
el-kha-mo-TEKH
- clause
KEE ah-MAR e-LAI al-ta-VO-i REE-KAM el-kha-mo-TEKH
- sentence
va-TO-mer shehsh-ha-seh-oh-REEM ha-EH-leh nah-TAN LEE KEE ah-MAR e-LAI al-ta-VO-i REE-KAM el-kha-mo-TEKH
In context — Ruth 3:17
and she said six measures of barley these he gave to me because he said to me do not go empty-handed to your mother-in-law
About this coordinate
Ruth 3:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ruth 3:17, so the Hebrew word אֶל־חֲמוֹתֵֽךְ׃ (elkhamotekh) 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.3.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.3.17.W11.S1) and character.