Ruth 4:17:12Ruth.4.17.W12PAT
אֲבִי־יִשַׁ֖י
ahveeyishai
“father of Jesse”
- Transliteration
- ah-VEE-YI-SHAI
- Extended
- ah-VEE-YEE-SHAI
- IPA
- /ʔă.viː.jiˈʃaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- father of Jesse
- French
- père de Jessé
- Spanish
- padre de Jesé
- Portuguese
- pai de Jessé
- German
- Vater von Isai
- Russian
- отец Иессея
- Arabic-Simplified
- أب يسى
- Hindi
- यिशै का पिता
- Chinese-Simplified
- 耶西的父亲
- Korean
- 이새의 아버지
- Indonesian
- ayah Isai
- Bengali
- যিশয়ের পিতা
- Tagalog
- ama ni Jesse
- Swahili
- baba ya Yese
- Amharic
- የእሴይ አባት
- Yoruba
- baba ti Jese
- Igbo
- nna Jese
- Twi
- Jese agya
- Ewe
- Jese fo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ah-VEE-YI-SHAI
- phraseyour reading level
HU ah-VEE-YI-SHAI
- clause
vah-tik-re-NAH she-MO oh-VED HU ah-VEE-YI-SHAI ah-VEE dah-VEED
- 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 4:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ruth 4:17, so the Hebrew word אֲבִי־יִשַׁ֖י (ahveeyishai) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.17.W12.S1) and character.