Ruth 4:15:5Ruth.4.15.W5PAT
וּלְכַלְכֵּ֖ל
oolehkhalkehl
“and to sustain”
- Transliteration
- oo-leh-khal-KEHL
- Extended
- oo-leh-khal-KEHL
- IPA
- /uːlχalˈkeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to sustain
- French
- et pour soutenir
- Spanish
- y para sustentar
- Portuguese
- e para sustentar
- German
- und zum Erhalten
- Russian
- и для поддержания
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَلِحِفْظِ
- Hindi
- और संभालने के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并维持
- Korean
- 그리고 유지하기 위해
- Indonesian
- dan untuk menopang
- Bengali
- এবং ধরে রাখার জন্য
- Tagalog
- at upang alalayan
- Swahili
- na kwa kudumisha
- Amharic
- እና ለመጠበቅ
- Yoruba
- ati lati ṣetọju
- Igbo
- na iji kwado
- Twi
- na kɔ so
- Ewe
- na kpeɖe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
oo-leh-khal-KEHL
- clause
veh-hah-YAA LAKH leh-me-SHIV NE-fesh oo-leh-khal-KEHL ET-sei-vah-TEKH
- 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 4:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ruth 4:15, so the Hebrew word וּלְכַלְכֵּ֖ל (oolehkhalkehl) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.15.W5.S1) and character.