Ruth 3:7:1Ruth.3.7.W1PAT

וַיֹּ֨אכַל

vayokhal

ate

Transliteration
va-yo-KHAL
Extended
vah-yoh-KHAL
IPA
/vajˈjoːχal/

Meaning by language

English
ate
French
mangea
Spanish
comió
Portuguese
comeu
German
Russian
ел
Arabic-Simplified
أكل
Hindi
खाया
Chinese-Simplified
吃了
Korean
먹었다
Indonesian
makan
Bengali
খেল
Tagalog
kumain
Swahili
alikula
Amharic
በላ
Yoruba
jẹun
Igbo
rie
Twi
dii
Ewe
ɖu

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Result
וַ + יֹּ֨א + כַל
va + yo + khal
vayokhal

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yo-KHAL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yo-KHAL BO-az va-YESH-te

  3. clause

    va-yo-KHAL BO-az va-YESH-te va-yee-TAV li-BO va-ya-VO lish-KAV bik-TSE ha-ah-re-MA

  4. sentence

    va-yo-KHAL BO-az va-YESH-te va-yee-TAV li-BO va-ya-VO lish-KAV bik-TSE ha-ah-re-MA va-taa-VO ba-LAT va-te-GAL mar-geh-lo-TAAV va-tish-KAV

In contextRuth 3:7

ate Boaz drank became merry his heart came to lie down at the end of the heap came secretly uncovered his feet lay down

About this coordinate

Ruth 3:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ruth 3:7, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֨אכַל (vayokhal) 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.3.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.3.7.W1.S1) and character.