Ruth 4:2:8Ruth.4.2.W8PAT
וַיֵּשֵֽׁבוּ׃
vayeshevu
“sat down”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-SHE-VU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-SHEH-VOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈʃeːvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- sat down
- French
- s'assirent
- Spanish
- se sentaron
- Portuguese
- sentaram-se
- German
- setzten sich
- Russian
- сели
- Arabic-Simplified
- جلسوا
- Hindi
- बैठ गए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 坐下了
- Korean
- 앉았다
- Indonesian
- duduk
- Bengali
- বসল
- Tagalog
- umupo
- Swahili
- waliketi
- Amharic
- ተቀመጡ
- Yoruba
- jókòó
- Igbo
- nọdụrọnụ
- Twi
- tenaa ase
- Ewe
- nɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֵּ + שֵֽׁ + בוּ׃
↓
va + ye + she + vu
↓
vayeshevu
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-SHE-VU
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-sa-RA a-na-SHIM mi-zik-NEI ha-IR va-yo-MER she-voo-FO va-ye-SHE-VU
In context — Ruth 4:2
took ten men from the elders of the city said sit down here sat down
About this coordinate
Ruth 4:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ruth 4:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּשֵֽׁבוּ׃ (vayeshevu) 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.4.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.2.W8.S1) and character.