Ruth

Ruth 1:4–5

⁴who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth.

And after they had lived in Moab about ten years, ⁵both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.

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Ruth 1:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
who took	וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ	way·yiś·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5375 lift, take, carry
Moabite	מֹֽאֲבִיּ֔וֹת	mō·’ă·ḇî·yō·wṯ	Noun - proper - feminine plural	H4125 Moabitish
women as their wives	נָשִׁים֙	nā·šîm	Noun - feminine plural	H802 woman, wife, female
one	הָֽאַחַת֙	hā·’a·ḥaṯ	Article; Number - feminine singular	H259 one
named	שֵׁ֤ם	šêm	Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
Orpah	עָרְפָּ֔ה	‘ā·rə·pāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6204 Orpah
and the other	הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית	haš·šê·nîṯ	Article; Number - ordinal feminine singular	H8145 second
named	וְשֵׁ֥ם	wə·šêm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
Ruth	ר֑וּת	rūṯ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H7327 Ruth
And after they had lived	וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ	way·yê·šə·ḇū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
in Moab	שָׁ֖ם	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither
about ten	כְּעֶ֥שֶׂר	kə·‘e·śer	Preposition-k; Number - feminine singular construct	H6235 ten
years	שָׁנִֽים׃	šā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8141 year

Ruth 1:5

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
both	שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם	šə·nê·hem	Number - masculine dual construct; third person masculine plural	H8147 two
Mahlon	מַחְל֣וֹן	maḥ·lō·wn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4248 Machlon
and Chilion	וְכִלְי֑וֹן	wə·ḵil·yō·wn	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3630 Kiljon
also	גַם־	ḡam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
died	וַיָּמ֥וּתוּ	way·yā·mū·ṯū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H4191 die
and Naomi	הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה	hā·’iš·šāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
was left	וַתִּשָּׁאֵר֙	wat·tiš·šā·’êr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7604 remain, be left over
without her two	מִשְּׁנֵ֥י	miš·šə·nê	Preposition-m; Number - masculine dual construct	H8147 two
sons	יְלָדֶ֖יהָ	yə·lā·ḏe·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H3206 child, son, boy, youth
and without her husband	וּמֵאִישָֽׁהּ׃	ū·mê·’î·šāh	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H376 man

Cross-references

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Ruth 1:4 Matthew 1:5 · Deuteronomy 7:3

Ruth 1:5 Deuteronomy 32:39 · Psalm 89:30–32

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.