Ruth 4:16:5Ruth.4.16.W5PAT
בְחֵיקָ֔הּ
vehkhehkah
“in her lap”
- Transliteration
- veh-KHEH-KAH
- Extended
- veh-KHEH-KAA
- IPA
- /vəħeːˈqaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- in her lap
- French
- dans son giron
- Spanish
- en su regazo
- Portuguese
- no seu regaço
- German
- auf ihrem Schoß
- Russian
- на её коленях
- Arabic-Simplified
- في حضنها
- Hindi
- उसकी गोद में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在她怀里
- Korean
- 무릎 위에
- Indonesian
- di pangkuannya
- Bengali
- তার কোলে
- Tagalog
- sa kandungan niya
- Swahili
- mapajani mwake
- Amharic
- በጭኗ ላይ
- Yoruba
- ní àyà rẹ̀
- Igbo
- n’obi ya
- Twi
- n'abɔ mu
- Ewe
- le eƒe dzi me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
בְ + חֵי + קָ֔הּ
↓
veh + kheh + kah
↓
vehkhehkah
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-KHEH-KAH
- phraseyour reading level
vah-teh-shih-TEH-hoo veh-KHEH-KAH
- sentence
vah-tik-KAKH nah-oh-MEE et-ha-YEH-led vah-teh-shih-TEH-hoo veh-KHEH-KAH vah-teh-HEE-loh leh-oh-MEH-net
In context — Ruth 4:16
took Naomi the child laid him in her lap became his nurse
About this coordinate
Ruth 4:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ruth 4:16, so the Hebrew word בְחֵיקָ֔הּ (vehkhehkah) 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.4.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.16.W5.S1) and character.