Ruth

Ruth 4:17

¹⁷The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The neighbor	הַשְּׁכֵנ֥וֹת	haš·šə·ḵê·nō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H7934 inhabitant, neighbour
women said	לֵאמֹ֔ר	lê·mōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H559 utter, say
A son	בֵּ֖ן	bên	Noun - masculine singular	H1121 son
has been born	יֻלַּד־	yul·laḏ-	Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
to Naomi	לְנָעֳמִ֑י	lə·nā·‘o·mî	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5281 Noömi
and they named	וַתִּקְרֶאנָה֩	wat·tiq·re·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H7121 call, proclaim, read
him	ל֨וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
Obed	עוֹבֵ֔ד	‘ō·w·ḇêḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5744 Obed
He	ה֥וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
the father	אֲבִי־	’ă·ḇî-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1 father
of Jesse	יִשַׁ֖י	yi·šay	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3448 Jishai
the father	אֲבִ֥י	’ă·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1 father
of David	דָוִֽד׃פ	ḏā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.