Ruth 4:9:3Ruth.4.9.W3PAT
לַזְּקֵנִ֜ים
lazzekenim
“to the elders”
- Transliteration
- laz-ze-ke-NIM
- Extended
- lahz-zeh-keh-NEEM
- IPA
- /laz.zə.qeːˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the elders
- French
- aux anciens
- Spanish
- a los ancianos
- Portuguese
- aos anciãos
- German
- zu den Ältesten
- Russian
- старейшинам
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى الشيوخ
- Hindi
- बुज़ुर्गों को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 对长老们
- Korean
- 장로들에게
- Indonesian
- kepada para tua
- Bengali
- প্রবীণদের
- Tagalog
- sa matatanda
- Swahili
- kwa wazee
- Amharic
- ለሽማግሌዎች
- Yoruba
- sí àwọn àgbà
- Igbo
- nye ndị okenye
- Twi
- mpanimfoɔ no
- Ewe
- na ametsitsiawo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
laz-ze-ke-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER BO-az laz-ze-ke-NIM
- 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 4:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ruth 4:9, so the Hebrew word לַזְּקֵנִ֜ים (lazzekenim) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.9.W3.S1) and character.