Ruth 4:15:12Ruth.4.15.W12PAT
ט֣וֹבָה
tova
“better”
- Transliteration
- to-VA
- Extended
- toh-VAA
- IPA
- /toːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- better
- French
- meilleure
- Spanish
- mejor
- Portuguese
- melhor
- German
- besser
- Russian
- лучше
- Arabic-Simplified
- أَفْضَلُ
- Hindi
- बेहतर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 更好
- Korean
- 더 나은
- Indonesian
- lebih baik
- Bengali
- আরও ভালো
- Tagalog
- mas mabuti
- Swahili
- bora
- Amharic
- ይሻላል
- Yoruba
- dára
- Igbo
- ka mma
- Twi
- yɛ papa
- Ewe
- nyo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
to-VA
- phraseyour reading level
to-VA LAKH
- clause
KI khal-la-TEKH a-sher-a-eh-vah-TEKH yeh-lah-DAT-too a-sher-HEE to-VA LAKH mish-shiv-AA ba-NIM
- sentence
veh-hah-YAA LAKH leh-me-SHIV NE-fesh oo-leh-khal-KEHL ET-sei-vah-TEKH KI khal-la-TEKH a-sher-a-eh-vah-TEKH yeh-lah-DAT-too a-sher-HEE to-VA LAKH mish-shiv-AA ba-NIM
In context — Ruth 4:15
he will be to you to restore life and to sustain your old age for your daughter-in-law who loved you gave birth to him who is better to you than seven sons
About this coordinate
Ruth 4:15:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ruth 4:15, so the Hebrew word ט֣וֹבָה (tova) 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.4.15.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.15.W12.S1) and character.