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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
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
בֹּ֔עַזbōʿaz
BoaznounH1162
בְּ/יוֹםbəywōm
daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
קְנוֹתְ/ךָ֥qənwōtəkā
attainverbH7069
buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···
הַ/שָּׂדֶ֖הhaśādeh
countryparticleH7704
field · ground · land · soil ···
מִ/יַּ֣דmiyad
handpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
נָעֳמִ֑יnāʿŏmiy
NaominounH5281
וּ֠/מֵ/אֵתwmēʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853
ר֣וּתrwt
RuthnounH7327
הַ/מּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤הhamwōʾăbiyāh
of MoabparticleH4125
Moabite(-ish · -ss)
אֵֽשֶׁתʾēšet
womannounH802
each · every · female · many ···
הַ/מֵּת֙hamēt
dead (bodyparticleH4191
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
abidepronH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
שֵׁםšēm
famenounH8034
base · named · renown · report
הַ/מֵּ֖תhamēt
dead (bodyparticleH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
נַחֲלָתֽ/וֹnaḥălātwō
heritagenounH5159
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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