Ruth 3:8:4Ruth.3.8.W4PAT
וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד
vayekherad
“was startled”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-khe-RAD
- Extended
- vah-yeh-kheh-RAHD
- IPA
- /vaj.je.ħɛ.ˈrad/
Meaning by language
- English
- was startled
- French
- tressaillit
- Spanish
- se sobresaltó
- Portuguese
- sobressaltou-se
- German
- erschrak
- Russian
- вздрогнул
- Arabic-Simplified
- ارتاع
- Hindi
- चौंक उठा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 受惊
- Korean
- 깜짝 놀랐다
- Indonesian
- terkejut
- Bengali
- চমকে উঠল
- Tagalog
- nagulat
- Swahili
- alishtuka
- Amharic
- ደነገጠ
- Yoruba
- yà
- Igbo
- tụụrụ ụjọ
- Twi
- dwiriw
- Ewe
- dzɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-khe-RAD
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-khe-RAD ha-ISH
- clause
vaj.jə.ˈhiː ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-khe-RAD ha-ISH va-yil-la-FET
- sentence
vaj.jə.ˈhiː ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-khe-RAD ha-ISH va-yil-la-FET ve-hin-NE ish-SHA sho-KHE-vet mar-ge-lo-TAW
In context — Ruth 3:8
happened in the middle of the night was startled the man turned over behold a woman lying at his feet
About this coordinate
Ruth 3:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ruth 3:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד (vayekherad) 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.3.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.3.8.W4.S1) and character.