Ruth 1:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.”

Ruth 1:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ruth 1:414 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יִּשְׂא֣וּwayiśəʾw

and they tookconjH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

לָ/הֶ֗םlāhem

pron

נָשִׁים֙nāšiym

wivesnounH802

each · every · female · many ···

מֹֽאֲבִיּ֔וֹתmōʾăbiywōt

MoabitenounH4125

Moabite(-ish · -ss)

שֵׁ֤םšēm

the name ofnounH8034

base · named · renown · report

הָֽ/אַחַת֙hāʾaḥat

the oneparticleH259

alike · alone · altogether · and ···

עָרְפָּ֔הʿārəpāh

was OrpahnounH6204

וְ/שֵׁ֥םwəšēm

and the name ofconjH8034

base · named · renown · report

הַ/שֵּׁנִ֖יתhašēniyt

the secondparticleH8145

either · other · second

ר֑וּתrwt

was RuthnounH7327

וַ/יֵּ֥שְׁבוּwayēšəbw

and they dweltconjH3427

continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···

שָׁ֖םšām

thereadvH8033

thence · there (-in · of · out) ···

כְּ/עֶ֥שֶׂרkəʿeśer

about tenpronH6235

(fif- · seven-) teen

שָׁנִֽיםšāniym

yearsnounH8141

whole age · long · old

ℹWords 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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