Ruth 4:1:17Ruth.4.1.W17PAT
וַיֵּשֵֽׁב׃
vayeshev
“sat down”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-SHEV
- Extended
- vah-yeh-SHEHV
- IPA
- /vaj.jeˈʃeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- sat down
- French
- s'assit
- Spanish
- se sentó
- Portuguese
- sentou-se
- German
- setzte sich
- Russian
- сел
- Arabic-Simplified
- جَلَسَ
- Hindi
- बैठा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 坐下
- Korean
- 앉았다
- Indonesian
- duduk
- Bengali
- বসল
- Tagalog
- umupo
- Swahili
- akaketi
- Amharic
- ተቀመጠ
- Yoruba
- jókòó
- Igbo
- nọdụ ala
- Twi
- tenaa ase
- Ewe
- nɔ anyi
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-SHEV
- clause
va-YA-sar va-ye-SHEV
- sentence
u-BO-az a-LA ha-SHA-ar va-YE-shev SHAM ve-hin-NE ha-go-EL o-VER a-SHER dib-ber-BO-az va-YO-mer SU-ra she-va-PO pe-lo-NI al-mo-NI va-YA-sar va-ye-SHEV
In context — Ruth 4:1
and Boaz went up the gate sat down there and behold the redeemer passing by about whom Boaz had spoken said turn aside sit here so-and-so such-a-one turned aside sat down
About this coordinate
Ruth 4:1:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Ruth 4:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּשֵֽׁב׃ (vayeshev) 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.4.1.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.1.W17.S1) and character.