Ruth

Ruth 1:17

¹⁷Where you die, I will die,

and there I will be buried.

May the LORD punish me,

and ever so severely,

if anything but death

separates you and me.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Where	בַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר	ba·’ă·šer	Preposition-b; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you die	תָּמ֙וּתִי֙	tā·mū·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular	H4191 die
I will die	אָמ֔וּת	’ā·mūṯ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H4191 die
and there	וְשָׁ֖ם	wə·šām	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H8033 there, thither
I will be buried	אֶקָּבֵ֑ר	’eq·qā·ḇêr	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H6912 bury
May the LORD	יְהוָ֥ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
punish	יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה	ya·‘ă·śeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
me	לִי֙	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
and ever so	וְכֹ֣ה	wə·ḵōh	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H3541 thus, here
severely	יֹסִ֔יף	yō·sîp̄	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3254 add
if	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
anything but death	הַמָּ֔וֶת	ham·mā·weṯ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4194 death
separates	יַפְרִ֖יד	yap̄·rîḏ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6504 divide
you	בֵּינִ֥י	bê·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H996 interval, space between
and me	וּבֵינֵֽךְ׃	ū·ḇê·nêḵ	Conjunctive waw; Preposition; second person feminine singular	H996 interval, space between

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.