Ruth 4:16:6Ruth.4.16.W6PAT

וַתְּהִי־ל֖וֹ

vahtehheeloh

became his

Transliteration
vah-teh-HEE-loh
Extended
vah-teh-HEE-loh
IPA
/vat.təˈhiː.loː/

Meaning by language

English
became his
French
devint sa
Spanish
se volvió su
Portuguese
tornou-se sua
German
wurde seine
Russian
стала его
Arabic-Simplified
صارت له
Hindi
उसकी बन गई
Chinese-Simplified
成了他的
Korean
그의 것이 되었다
Indonesian
menjadi miliknya
Bengali
তার হয়ে উঠল
Tagalog
naging sa kanya
Swahili
kuwa wake
Amharic
ለእሱ ሆነች
Yoruba
di tirẹ̀
Igbo
ghọrọ nke ya
Twi
bɛyɛɛ ne deɛ
Ewe
wɔ eƒe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + תְּ + הִי + ל֖וֹ
vah + teh + hee + loh
vahtehheeloh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    vah-teh-HEE-loh

  2. 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 contextRuth 4:16

took Naomi the child laid him in her lap became his nurse

About this coordinate

Ruth 4:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ruth 4:16, so the Hebrew word וַתְּהִי־ל֖וֹ (vahtehheeloh) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.16.W6.S1) and character.