Ruth 4:11:18Ruth.4.11.W18PAT

וַעֲשֵׂה־חַ֣יִל

vaasekhayil

act worthily

Transliteration
va-a-SE-kha-YIL
Extended
vah-ah-SEH-khah-YEEL
IPA
/vaʕăˈseː.ħaˈjil/

Meaning by language

English
act worthily
French
agis dignement
Spanish
actúa dignamente
Portuguese
age dignamente
German
handle würdig
Russian
поступай достойно
Arabic-Simplified
تصرف بجدارة
Hindi
साहस से काम कर
Chinese-Simplified
行事得体
Korean
합당하게 행하라
Indonesian
bertindak dengan layak
Bengali
যোগ্যভাবে কাজ কর
Tagalog
kumilos nang marapat
Swahili
tenda kwa hadhi
Amharic
በክብር አድርግ
Yoruba
huwa tọ́
Igbo
mee nke kwesịrị
Twi
yɛ nea ɛfata
Ewe
wɔ nuteƒe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + עֲ + שֵׂה + חַ֣ + יִל
va + a + se + kha + yil
vaasekhayil

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-a-SE-kha-YIL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-a-SE-kha-YIL be-ef-ra-TA

  3. clause

    yit-TEN Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-i-SHA ha-ba-A el-BE-te-kha keh-ra-KHEL oo-kheh-le-A a-SHER ba-NU she-TE-hem et-BET yis-ra-EL va-a-SE-kha-YIL be-ef-ra-TA u-kra-SHEM be-VET la-KHEM

  4. sentence

    va-yo-ME-ru kol-ha-AM a-sher-ba-sha-AR ve-haz-ze-ke-NIM e-DIM yit-TEN Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-i-SHA ha-ba-A el-BE-te-kha keh-ra-KHEL oo-kheh-le-A a-SHER ba-NU she-TE-hem et-BET yis-ra-EL va-a-SE-kha-YIL be-ef-ra-TA u-kra-SHEM be-VET la-KHEM

In contextRuth 4:11

said all the people who were at the gate and the elders witnesses give LORD the woman the one coming to your house like Rachel and like Leah who built together the house of Israel act worthily in Ephrathah call a name in the house of Bethlehem

About this coordinate

Ruth 4:11:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Ruth 4:11, so the Hebrew word וַעֲשֵׂה־חַ֣יִל (vaasekhayil) 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.4.11.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.11.W18.S1) and character.