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Ruth 4:15 — King James Version← Study notes

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.


Ruth 4:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ruth 4:1518 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הָ֤יָהwəhāyāh
and he will becomeconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לָ/ךְ֙lākə
pron
לְ/מֵשִׁ֣יבləmēšiyb
one who restorespronH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
נֶ֔פֶשׁnepeš
lifenounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
וּ/לְ/כַלְכֵּ֖לwləkaləkēl
and to sustainconjH3557
can) abide · bear · comprehend · contain ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שֵׂיבָתֵ֑/ךְśēybātēkə
old age yournounH7872
-y) hairs (head · -ed) · old age
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
כַלָּתֵ֤/ךְkalātēkə
daughter-in-law yournounH3618
daughter-in-law · spouse
אֲֽשֶׁרʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אֲהֵבַ֨תֶ/ךְ֙ʾăhēbatekə
she loves youverbH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
יְלָדַ֔תּ/וּyəlādatw
she has given birth to himverbH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הִיא֙hiyʾ
sheprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
ט֣וֹבָהṭwōbāh
is goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לָ֔/ךְlākə
pron
מִ/שִּׁבְעָ֖הmišibəʿāh
more than sevenpronH7651
-s · (-teen · -teenth) · -th ···
בָּנִֽיםbāniym
sonsnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
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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Sarah OkaforNote1mo ago
The shepherd and the sheep - Ruth 4
The imagery here is agricultural - the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of sowing, waiting, and harvesting. It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never waver...
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