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Ruth 1:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.


Ruth 1:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ruth 1:220 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/שֵׁ֣םwəšēm
fameconjH8034
base · named · renown · report
הָ/אִ֣ישׁhāʾiyš
manparticleH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אֱֽלִימֶ֡לֶךְʾĕliymelekə
ElimelechnounH458
וְ/שֵׁם֩wəšēm
fameconjH8034
base · named · renown · report
אִשְׁתּ֨/וֹʾišətwō
womannounH802
each · every · female · many ···
נָעֳמִ֜יnāʿŏmiy
NaominounH5281
וְ/שֵׁ֥םwəšēm
fameconjH8034
base · named · renown · report
שְׁנֵֽיšənēy
bothadjH8147
couple · double · second · twain ···
בָנָ֣י/וbānāyw
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
מַחְל֤וֹןmaḥəlwōn
MahlonnounH4248
וְ/כִלְיוֹן֙wəkiləywōn
ChilionconjH3630
אֶפְרָתִ֔יםʾepərātiym
EphraimitenounH673
Ephrathite
מִ/בֵּ֥יתmibēyt
BethlehempronH1035
לֶ֖חֶםleḥem
BethlehemnounH1035
יְהוּדָ֑הyəhwdāh
JudahnounH3063
וַ/יָּבֹ֥אוּwayābōʾw
abideconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
שְׂדֵיśədēy
countrynounH7704
field · ground · land · soil ···
מוֹאָ֖בmwōʾāb
MoabnounH4124
וַ/יִּֽהְיוּwayihəyw
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
שָֽׁםšām
in itadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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