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And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. (KJV)
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וַיִּשְׂא֣וּvai.yis.'Uand they took
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375U
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to lift: marry
Used 9 times. Also: Judges 21:23, 1 Chronicles 23:22, 2 Chronicles 11:21, 2 Chronicles 13:21, 2 Chronicles 24:3, Ezra 9:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375U; TAHOT Ruth 1:4 word 1
נָשִׁים֙na.Shimwives
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Ruth 1:4 word 2
מֹֽאֲבִיּ֔וֹתmo.'a.vi.YotMoabite
Lemma: מוֹאָבִי (mo.a.vi) · Strong's: H4125
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNgfpa)
Meaning: Moabite
Used 16 times. Also: Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:29, Deuteronomy 23:3, Ruth 1:22, Ruth 2:2, Ruth 2:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4125; TAHOT Ruth 1:4 word 3
שֵׁ֤םshem[the] name of
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Ruth 1:4 word 4
הָֽאַחַת֙ha.'a.Chatthe one
Lemma: אֶחָד (e.chad) · Strong's: H0259
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: one
Used 964 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0259; TAHOT Ruth 1:4 word 5
עָרְפָּ֔ה'a.re.Pah[was] Orpah
Lemma: עׇרְפָּה (or.pah) · Strong's: H6204
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Orpah
Used 2 times. Also: Ruth 1:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6204; TAHOT Ruth 1:4 word 6
וְשֵׁ֥םve.Shemand [the] name of
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Ruth 1:4 word 7
הַשֵּׁנִ֖יתha.she.Nitthe second
Lemma: שֵׁנִי (she.ni) · Strong's: H8145
Parsing: Aofsa (Aofsa)
Meaning: second
Used 156 times. Also: Genesis 1:8, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 4:19, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8145; TAHOT Ruth 1:4 word 8
ר֑וּתRut[was] Ruth
וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּvai.Ye.she.vuand they dwelt
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Ruth 1:4 word 10
שָׁ֖םshamthere
Lemma: שָׁם (sham) · Strong's: H8033G
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: there
Used 832 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 10:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8033G; TAHOT Ruth 1:4 word 11
כְּעֶ֥שֶׂרke.'E.serabout ten
Lemma: עֶשֶׂר (e.ser) · Strong's: H6235
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: ten
Used 175 times. Also: Genesis 5:14, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 24:10, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 31:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6235; TAHOT Ruth 1:4 word 12
שָׁנִֽים\׃sha.Nimyears
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Ruth 1:4 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| who took | → | נָשָׂא H5375U to lift: marry |
| Moabite | → | מוֹאָבִי H4125 Moabite |
| women as their wives | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| one | → | אֶחָד H0259 one |
| named | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| Orpah | → | עׇרְפָּה H6204 Orpah |
| and the other | → | שֵׁנִי H8145 second |
| named | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| Ruth | → | רוּת H7327 Ruth |
| And after they had lived | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| in Moab | → | שָׁם H8033G there |
| about ten | → | עֶשֶׂר H6235 ten |
| years | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
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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