Ruth 4:10:8Ruth.4.10.W8PAT
לְאִשָּׁ֗ה
leisha
“as a wife”
- Transliteration
- le-i-SHA
- Extended
- leh-ih-SHAA
- IPA
- /ləʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a wife
- French
- comme épouse
- Spanish
- como esposa
- Portuguese
- como esposa
- German
- als Ehefrau
- Russian
- как жена
- Arabic-Simplified
- كزوجة
- Hindi
- पत्नी के रूप में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 作妻子
- Korean
- 아내로
- Indonesian
- sebagai istri
- Bengali
- স্ত্রী হিসেবে
- Tagalog
- bilang asawa
- Swahili
- kama mke
- Amharic
- እንደ ሚስት
- Yoruba
- gẹ́gẹ́ bí aya
- Igbo
- dị ka nwunye
- Twi
- sɛ yere
- Ewe
- ɖe srɔ̃
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-i-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
ka-NI-ti LI le-i-SHA
- clause
ve-GAM et-RUT ha-mo-a-vi-YA E-shet makh-LON ka-NI-ti LI le-i-SHA le-ha-KIM SHEM-ha-MET al-na-kha-la-TO ve-lo-yik-ka-RET SHEM-ha-MET me-IM e-KHA-v u-mish-SHA-ar me-ko-MO
- sentence
ve-GAM et-RUT ha-mo-a-vi-YA E-shet makh-LON ka-NI-ti LI le-i-SHA le-ha-KIM SHEM-ha-MET al-na-kha-la-TO ve-lo-yik-ka-RET SHEM-ha-MET me-IM e-KHA-v u-mish-SHA-ar me-ko-MO e-DIM a-TEM ha-YOM
In context — Ruth 4:10
and also Ruth the Moabitess the wife of Mahlon bought for me as a wife to establish the name of the dead upon his inheritance and not be cut off the name of the dead from among his brothers and from the gate of his place witnesses you all today
About this coordinate
Ruth 4:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ruth 4:10, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּׁ֗ה (leisha) 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.4.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.10.W8.S1) and character.