Ruth 3:1 Go deeper
Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? (KJV)
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וַתֹּ֥אמֶרva.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 3:1 word 1
נָעֳמִ֣יno.'o.MiNaomi
חֲמוֹתָ֑הּcha.mo.Tahmother-in-law her
בִּתִּ֞יbi.TiO daughter my
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
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 3:1 word 4
הֲלֹ֧אha.Lo'¿ not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Ruth 3:1 word 5
אֲבַקֶּשׁ\־'a.va.kesh-will I seek
Lemma: בָּקַשׁ (ba.qash) · Strong's: H1245
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)
Meaning: to seek
Used 225 times. Also: Genesis 31:39, Genesis 37:15, Genesis 37:16, Genesis 43:9, Genesis 43:30, Exodus 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1245; TAHOT Ruth 3:1 word 6
מָנ֖וֹחַma.No.acha resting place
Lemma: מָנוֹחַ (ma.no.ach) · Strong's: H4494
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: resting
Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 8:9, Deuteronomy 28:65, 1 Chronicles 6:31, Isaiah 34:14, Lamentations 1:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4494; TAHOT Ruth 3:1 word 7
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherthat
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Ruth 3:1 word 8
יִֽיטַב\־yi.tav-it will go well
Lemma: יָטַב (ya.tav) · Strong's: H3190
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: be good
Used 117 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 32:9, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 34:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3190; TAHOT Ruth 3:1 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| One day Ruth’s mother-in-law | → | חֲמוֹת H2545 mother-in-law |
| Naomi | → | נׇעֳמִי H5281 Naomi |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to her | → | |
| My daughter | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
| should I not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| seek | → | בָּקַשׁ H1245 to seek |
| a resting place | → | מָנוֹחַ H4494 resting |
| for you | → | |
| that | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| it may be well | → | יָטַב H3190 be good |
| with you | → |
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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