Ruth 4:16:7Ruth.4.16.W7PAT
לְאֹמֶֽנֶת׃
lehohmehnet
“nurse”
- Transliteration
- leh-oh-MEH-net
- Extended
- leh-oh-MEH-neht
- IPA
- /ləʔoˈmɛnɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- nurse
- French
- nourrice
- Spanish
- nodriza
- Portuguese
- ama
- German
- Amme
- Russian
- кормилица
- Arabic-Simplified
- مُرْضِعَة
- Hindi
- धाय
- Chinese-Simplified
- 乳母
- Korean
- 유모
- Indonesian
- pengasuh
- Bengali
- ধাত্রী
- Tagalog
- yaya
- Swahili
- mlezi
- Amharic
- ነርስ
- Yoruba
- olutọju
- Igbo
- nọọsị
- Twi
- ɔhwɛfoɔ
- Ewe
- nɔ́sì
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לְ + אֹ + מֶֽ + נֶת׃
↓
leh + oh + meh + net
↓
lehohmehnet
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
leh-oh-MEH-net
- 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 4:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ruth 4:16, so the Hebrew word לְאֹמֶֽנֶת׃ (lehohmehnet) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.16.W7.S1) and character.