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
Igbo
tụụrụ ụjọ
Twi
dwiriw
Ewe
dzɔ

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Result
וַ + יֶּ + חֱ + רַ֥ד
va + ye + khe + rad
vayekherad

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-khe-RAD

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-khe-RAD ha-ISH

  3. clause

    vaj.jə.ˈhiː ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-khe-RAD ha-ISH va-yil-la-FET

  4. 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 contextRuth 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.