Ruth 4:9:11Ruth.4.9.W11PAT
לֶֽאֱלִימֶ֔לֶךְ
leelimelekh
“to Elimelech”
- Transliteration
- le-e-li-ME-lekh
- Extended
- leh-eh-lee-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /lɛ.ʔɛliˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Elimelech
- French
- à Élimélek
- Spanish
- a Elimélec
- Portuguese
- a Elimeleque
- German
- zu Elimelech
- Russian
- Элимелеху
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى أليمالك
- Hindi
- एलीमेलेक को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 以利米勒
- Korean
- 엘리멜렉에게
- Indonesian
- kepada Elimelekh
- Bengali
- এলিমেলেখের কাছে
- Tagalog
- kay Elimelec
- Swahili
- kwa Elimeleki
- Amharic
- ለኤሊሜሌክ
- Yoruba
- sí Elimeleki
- Igbo
- nye Elimelek
- Twi
- Elimelek
- Ewe
- na Elimelek
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
- phraseyour reading level
et-KHOL-a-SHER le-e-li-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yo-MER BO-az laz-ze-ke-NIM ve-KHOL-ha-AM e-DIM a-TEM ha-YOM KI ka-NI-ti et-KHOL-a-SHER le-e-li-ME-lekh ve-ET kol-a-SHER le-khil-YON u-makh-LON
- sentence
va-yo-MER BO-az laz-ze-ke-NIM ve-KHOL-ha-AM e-DIM a-TEM ha-YOM KI ka-NI-ti et-KHOL-a-SHER le-e-li-ME-lekh ve-ET kol-a-SHER le-khil-YON u-makh-LON mi-YAD na-o-MI
In context — Ruth 4:9
said Boaz to the elders and all the people witnesses you are today that I have bought all that to Elimelech and all that to Chilion and Mahlon from the hand of Naomi
About this coordinate
Ruth 4:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ruth 4:9, so the Hebrew word לֶֽאֱלִימֶ֔לֶךְ (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.4.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.9.W11.S1) and character.