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And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s: (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
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 4:3 word 1
לַגֹּאֵ֔לla.go.'Elto the kinsman redeemer
Lemma: גָּאַל (ga.al) · Strong's: H1350A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to redeem: redeem
Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 48:16, Exodus 6:6, Exodus 15:13, Leviticus 25:25, Leviticus 25:26, Leviticus 25:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1350A; TAHOT Ruth 4:3 word 2
חֶלְקַת֙chel.Kat[the] portion of
Lemma: חֶלְקָה (chel.qah) · Strong's: H2513A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: portion
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 33:19, Deuteronomy 33:21, Joshua 24:32, Ruth 2:3, 2 Samuel 14:30, 2 Samuel 14:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2513A; TAHOT Ruth 4:3 word 3
הַשָּׂדֶ֔הha.sa.Dehthe field
Lemma: שָׂדֶה (sa.deh) · Strong's: H7704G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: land: country
Used 295 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7704G; TAHOT Ruth 4:3 word 4
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich
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 4:3 word 5
לְאָחִ֖ינוּle.'a.Chi.nu[belonged] to brother our
Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: brother: male-relative
Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 16:12, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 24:48 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0251H; TAHOT Ruth 4:3 word 6
לֶאֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְle.'e.li.Me.lekhto Elimelech
מָכְרָ֣הma.khe.Rahshe has sold
Lemma: מָכַר (ma.khar) · Strong's: H4376
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to sell
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 25:31, Genesis 25:33, Genesis 31:15, Genesis 37:27, Genesis 37:28, Genesis 37:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4376; TAHOT Ruth 4:3 word 8
נָעֳמִ֔יno.'o.MiNaomi
הַשָּׁ֖בָהha.Sha.vahwho <she> returned
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
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 4:3 word 10
מִשְּׂדֵ֥הmi.se.Dehfrom [the] region of
Lemma: שָׂדֶה (sa.deh) · Strong's: H7704G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: land: country
Used 295 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7704G; TAHOT Ruth 4:3 word 11
מוֹאָֽב\׃mo.'AvMoab
Lemma: מוֹאָב (mo.av) · Strong's: H4124G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Moab
Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 36:35, Exodus 15:15, Numbers 21:11, Numbers 21:13, Numbers 21:15, Numbers 21:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4124G; TAHOT Ruth 4:3 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And he said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to the kinsman-redeemer | → | גָּאַל H1350A to redeem: redeem |
| Naomi | → | נׇעֳמִי H5281 Naomi |
| who has returned | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| from the land | → | שָׂדֶה H7704G land: country |
| of Moab | → | מוֹאָב H4124G Moab |
| is selling | → | מָכַר H4376 to sell |
| the piece | → | חֶלְקָה H2513A portion |
| of land | → | שָׂדֶה H7704G land: country |
| that | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| belonged to our brother | → | אָח H0251H brother: male-relative |
| Elimelech | → | אֱלִימֶ֫לֶךְ H0458 Elimelech |
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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