Ruth 3:3:12Ruth.3.3.W12PAT
לֶאֱכֹ֥ל
leekhol
“to eat”
- Transliteration
- le-e-KHOL
- Extended
- leh-eh-KHOHL
- IPA
- /lɛʔeˈχoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to eat
- French
- manger
- Spanish
- comer
- Portuguese
- comer
- German
- zu essen
- Russian
- есть
- Arabic-Simplified
- الأكل
- Hindi
- खाने
- Chinese-Simplified
- 吃
- Korean
- 먹기
- Indonesian
- makan
- Bengali
- খেতে
- Tagalog
- kumain
- Swahili
- kula
- Amharic
- መብላት
- Yoruba
- jẹ
- Igbo
- rie
- Twi
- di
- Ewe
- ɖu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-e-KHOL
- phraseyour reading level
le-e-KHOL ve-lish-TOT
- clause
al-ti-va-DEE la-ISH AD ka-lo-TO le-e-KHOL ve-lish-TOT
- sentence
ve-ra-KHATS-te va-SAKH-te ve-SAM-te sim-lo-TA-yikh a-LA-yikh ve-ya-RAD-te ha-GO-ren al-ti-va-DEE la-ISH AD ka-lo-TO le-e-KHOL ve-lish-TOT
In context — Ruth 3:3
and wash yourself and anoint yourself and put on your garments upon you and you shall go down the threshing floor do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished to eat and to drink
About this coordinate
Ruth 3:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ruth 3:3, so the Hebrew word לֶאֱכֹ֥ל (leekhol) 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.3.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.3.3.W12.S1) and character.