Ruth 4:3:7Ruth.4.3.W7PAT
לֶאֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְ
leelimelekh
“to Elimelech”
- Transliteration
- le-e-li-ME-lekh
- Extended
- leh-eh-lee-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /lɛʔɛliːˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Elimelech
- French
- à Élimélek
- Spanish
- a Elimélec
- Portuguese
- a Elimeleque
- German
- zu Elimelech
- Russian
- к Елимелеху
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى أليمالك
- Hindi
- एलीमेलेक को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 给以利米勒
- Korean
- 엘리멜렉에게
- Indonesian
- kepada Elimelekh
- Bengali
- এলীমেলেখকে
- Tagalog
- kay Elimelec
- Swahili
- kwa Elimeleki
- Amharic
- ለኤሊሜሌክ
- Yoruba
- sí Elimeleku
- Igbo
- na Elimelek
- Twi
- Elimelek nkyɛn
- Ewe
- na Elimɛlek
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-e-li-ME-lekh
- clause
va-YO-mer la-go-EL khel-KAT ha-sa-DE a-SHER le-a-KHI-nu le-e-li-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-YO-mer la-go-EL khel-KAT ha-sa-DE a-SHER le-a-KHI-nu le-e-li-ME-lekh ma-khe-RA na-o-MI ha-sha-VA mi-se-DE mo-AV
In context — Ruth 4:3
said to the redeemer parcel of the field which to our relative to Elimelech sold Naomi the one returning from the field of Moab
About this coordinate
Ruth 4:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ruth 4:3, so the Hebrew word לֶאֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְ (leelimelekh) 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.4.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.3.W7.S1) and character.