Ruth 4:5:10Ruth.4.5.W10PAT
אֵֽשֶׁת־הַמֵּת֙
eshethamet
“wife of the dead”
- Transliteration
- E-shet-ha-MET
- Extended
- EE-sheht-hah-MEET
- IPA
- /ˈʔeː.ʃɛt.hamˈmeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- wife of the dead
- French
- femme du mort
- Spanish
- esposa del muerto
- Portuguese
- esposa do morto
- German
- Frau des Toten
- Russian
- жена умершего
- Arabic-Simplified
- زوجة الميت
- Hindi
- मृतक की पत्नी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 死者的妻子
- Korean
- 죽은 자의 아내
- Indonesian
- istri orang mati
- Bengali
- মৃত ব্যক্তির স্ত্রী
- Tagalog
- asawa ng patay na lalaki
- Swahili
- mke wa aliyekufa
- Amharic
- የሞተው ሰው ሚስት
- Yoruba
- aya ẹni tí ó ti kú
- Igbo
- nwunye onye nwụrụ anwụ
- Twi
- owufo no yere
- Ewe
- ame si wui la srɔ̃
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
E-shet-ha-MET
- phraseyour reading level
RUT ha-mo-a-vi-YA E-shet-ha-MET
- clause
u-me-ET RUT ha-mo-a-vi-YA E-shet-ha-MET ka-ni-TI ka-ni-TA le-ha-KIM SHEM-ha-MET al-na-kha-la-TO
- sentence
va-YO-mer BO-az be-YOM-ke-NOT-kha ha-sa-DEH mi-YAD na-o-MI u-me-ET RUT ha-mo-a-vi-YA E-shet-ha-MET ka-ni-TI ka-ni-TA le-ha-KIM SHEM-ha-MET al-na-kha-la-TO
In context — Ruth 4:5
said Boaz on the day of your buying the field from the hand of Naomi and from Ruth the Moabite woman wife of the dead I bought you bought to establish name of the dead on his inheritance
About this coordinate
Ruth 4:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ruth 4:5, so the Hebrew word אֵֽשֶׁת־הַמֵּת֙ (eshethamet) 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.4.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.5.W10.S1) and character.