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Ruth 4:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.


Ruth 4:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ruth 4:620 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הַ/גֹּאֵ֗לhagōʾēl
the kinsman-redeemerparticleH1350
in any wise · at all · deliver · (do ···
לֹ֤אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אוּכַל֙ʾwkal
I am ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
ל/גאולlgʾwl
redeempronH1350
in any wise · at all · deliver · (do ···
לִ/גְאָלligəʾāl
to redeem itpronH1350
in any wise · at all · deliver · (do ···
לִ֔/יliy
pron
פֶּןpen
lestconjH6435
that...not
אַשְׁחִ֖יתʾašəḥiyt
I should ruinverbH7843
cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
נַחֲלָתִ֑/יnaḥălātiy
own inheritance mynounH5159
to inherit · inheritance · possession. Compare
גְּאַלgəʾal
avengerverbH1350
in any wise · at all · deliver · (do ···
לְ/ךָ֤ləkā
pron
אַתָּה֙ʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
גְּאֻלָּתִ֔/יgəʾulātiy
right of redemption mynounH1353
redeem · redemption · right
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אוּכַ֖לʾwkal
I am ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
לִ/גְאֹֽלligəʾōl
avengerpronH1350
in any wise · at all · deliver · (do ···
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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