Ruth

Ruth 1:8

⁸Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion,^a as you have shown to your dead and to me.

Footnotes

a 1:8 Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.

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Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then Naomi	נָעֳמִי֙	nā·‘o·mî	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5281 Noömi
said	וַתֹּ֤אמֶר	wat·tō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
to her two	לִשְׁתֵּ֣י	liš·tê	Preposition-l; Number - feminine dual construct	H8147 two
daughters-in-law	כַלֹּתֶ֔יהָ	ḵal·lō·ṯe·hā	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H3618 daughter-in-law, bride
Go	לֵ֣כְנָה	lê·ḵə·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
back	שֹּׁ֔בְנָה	šō·ḇə·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine plural	H7725 turn back, return
each of you	אִשָּׁ֖ה	’iš·šāh	Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
to your mother’s	אִמָּ֑הּ	’im·māh	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H517 mother
home	לְבֵ֣ית	lə·ḇêṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
May the LORD	יְהוָ֤ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
show	יַעֲשֶׂה	ya·ʿă·śɛh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
you	עִמָּכֶם֙	‘im·mā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural	H5973 with
loving devotion	חֶ֔סֶד	ḥe·seḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H2617 goodness, kindness
as	כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you have shown	עֲשִׂיתֶ֛ם	‘ă·śî·ṯem	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H6213 do, make
to	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
your dead	הַמֵּתִ֖ים	ham·mê·ṯîm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H4191 die
and to me	וְעִמָּדִֽי׃	wə·‘im·mā·ḏî	Conjunctive waw; Preposition; first person common singular	H5973 with

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Ruth 2:20 · Ruth 1:5 · Colossians 3:18 · Colossians 3:24 · Ephesians 6:2–3 · Ephesians 5:22 · Joshua 24:15–28

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.