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Ruth 4:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.


Ruth 4:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ruth 4:519 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
בֹּ֔עַזbōʿaz
BoaznounH1162
בְּ/יוֹםbəywōm
on the daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
קְנוֹתְ/ךָ֥qənwōtəkā
acquiring youverbH7069
buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···
הַ/שָּׂדֶ֖הhaśādeh
the fieldparticleH7704
field · ground · land · soil ···
מִ/יַּ֣דmiyad
from the hand ofpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
נָעֳמִ֑יnāʿŏmiy
NaominounH5281
וּ֠/מֵ/אֵתwmēʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853
ר֣וּתrwt
RuthnounH7327
הַ/מּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤הhamwōʾăbiyāh
the Moabite womanparticleH4125
Moabite(-ish · -ss)
אֵֽשֶׁתʾēšet
the wife ofnounH802
each · every · female · many ···
הַ/מֵּת֙hamēt
the dead manparticleH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
קניתיqnyty
attainverbH7069
buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···
קָנִ֔יתָהqāniytāh
attainverbH7069
buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···
לְ/הָקִ֥יםləhāqiym
to raise uppronH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
שֵׁםšēm
the name ofnounH8034
base · named · renown · report
הַ/מֵּ֖תhamēt
the dead manparticleH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
עַלʿal
overpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
נַחֲלָתֽ/וֹnaḥălātwō
inheritance hisnounH5159
to inherit · inheritance · possession. Compare
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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