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Ruth 4:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.


Ruth 4:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ruth 4:169 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תִּקַּ֨חwatiqaḥ
acceptconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
נָעֳמִ֤יnāʿŏmiy
NaominounH5281
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/יֶּ֨לֶד֙hayeled
boyparticleH3206
child · fruit · son · young man
וַ/תְּשִׁתֵ֣/הוּwatəšitēhw
applyconjH7896
appoint · array · bring · consider ···
בְ/חֵיקָ֔/הּbəḥēyqāh
bosompronH2436
bottom · lap · midst · within
וַ/תְּהִיwatəhiy
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
ל֖/וֹlwō
pron
לְ/אֹמֶֽנֶתləʾōmenet
hencepronH539
assurance · believe · bring up · establish ···
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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