Ruth 4:17:1Ruth.4.17.W1PAT
וַתִּקְרֶאנָ֩
vahtikrenah
“named”
- Transliteration
- vah-tik-re-NAH
- Extended
- vah-tik-reh-NAA
- IPA
- /vat.tiq.reˈʔaː.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- named
- French
- nommèrent
- Spanish
- nombraron
- Portuguese
- nomearam
- German
- nannten
- Russian
- назвали
- Arabic-Simplified
- سَمَّيْنَ
- Hindi
- नाम रखीं
- Chinese-Simplified
- 命名
- Korean
- 이름 지었다
- Indonesian
- menamai
- Bengali
- নাম দিল
- Tagalog
- pinangalanan
- Swahili
- waliita
- Amharic
- ሰየሙ
- Yoruba
- pe
- Igbo
- kpọrọ
- Twi
- too din
- Ewe
- wɔ ŋkɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vah-tik-re-NAH
- phraseyour reading level
vah-tik-re-NAH LO hah-sheh-kheh-NOHT SHEM
- clause
vah-tik-re-NAH LO hah-sheh-kheh-NOHT SHEM leh-MOR yool-lad-BEHN leh-na-oh-MEE
- sentence
vah-tik-re-NAH LO hah-sheh-kheh-NOHT SHEM leh-MOR yool-lad-BEHN leh-na-oh-MEE vah-tik-re-NAH she-MO oh-VED HU ah-VEE-YI-SHAI ah-VEE dah-VEED
In context — Ruth 4:17
named to him the neighboring women name saying a son was born to Naomi named his name Obed he father of Jesse father of David
About this coordinate
Ruth 4:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ruth 4:17, so the Hebrew word וַתִּקְרֶאנָ֩ (vahtikrenah) 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.4.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.17.W1.S1) and character.