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And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? (KJV)
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וַתֹּ֤אמֶרva.To.merand she said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Ruth 1:11 word 1
נָעֳמִי֙no.'o.MiNaomi
שֹׁ֣בְנָהShoe.nahgo back
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Plural (HVqv2fp)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Ruth 1:11 word 3
בְנֹתַ֔יve.no.TaiO daughters my
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: daughter
Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Ruth 1:11 word 4
לָ֥מָּהLa.mah<to> why?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Ruth 1:11 word 5
תֵלַ֖כְנָהte.Lakh.nahwill you go
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Feminine · Plural (HVqi2fp)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Ruth 1:11 word 6
עִמִּ֑י'i.Miwith me
Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: with
Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Ruth 1:11 word 7
הַֽעֽוֹד\־ha.'od-¿ still
Lemma: עוֹד (od) · Strong's: H5750
Parsing: Acmsa (Acmsa)
Meaning: still
Used 489 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 8:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5750; TAHOT Ruth 1:11 word 8
בָנִים֙va.Nim[do] sons
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Ruth 1:11 word 9
בְּֽמֵעַ֔יbe.me.'Aiin inward parts my
Lemma: מֵעֶה (me.eh) · Strong's: H4578
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: belly
Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 15:4, Genesis 25:23, Numbers 5:22, 2 Samuel 7:12, 2 Samuel 16:11, 2 Samuel 20:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4578; TAHOT Ruth 1:11 word 10
וְהָי֥וּve.ha.Yuand they will become
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Ruth 1:11 word 11
לַאֲנָשִֽׁים\׃la.'a.na.Shim<into> husbands
Lemma: אֱנוֹשׁ (e.nosh) · Strong's: H0582
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: human
Used 564 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 12:20, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0582; TAHOT Ruth 1:11 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| But Naomi | → | נׇעֳמִי H5281 Naomi |
| replied | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Return home | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| my daughters | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
| Why | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| would you go | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| with me | → | עִם H5973A with |
| [Are] there still | → | עוֹד H5750 still |
| sons | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| in my womb | → | מֵעֶה H4578 belly |
| to become | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| your | → | |
| husbands | → | אֱנוֹשׁ H0582 human |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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