Ruth

Ruth 1:4

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,

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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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.