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Ruth 1:15

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And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.	And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.	And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, [or] to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people [shall be] my people, and thy God my God:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And she said^H559, Behold, thy sister in law^H2994 is gone back^H7725 unto her people^H5971, and unto her gods^H430: return^H7725 thou after^H310 thy sister in law^H2994.

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Original Hebrew

וַתֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה שָׁבָה יְבִמְתֵּךְ אֶל־עַמָּהּ וְאֶל־אֱלֹהֶיהָ שׁוּבִי אַחֲרֵי יְבִמְתֵּךְ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תֹּ֗אמֶר	va./To.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she said
הִנֵּה֙	hi.Neh	H2009	HTm	there!
שָׁ֣בָה	Sha.vah	H7725	HVqp3fs	she has returned
יְבִמְתֵּ֔/ךְ	ye.vim.Te/kh	H2994	HNcfsc/Sp2fs	sister-in-law/ your
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
עַמָּ֖/הּ	'a.Ma/h	H5971	HNcmsc/Sp3fs	people/ her
וְ/אֶל	ve./'el-	H413	HC/R	and/ to
אֱלֹהֶ֑י/הָ	'e.lo.Hei./ha	H430	HNcmpc/Sp3fs	gods/ her
שׁ֖וּבִי	Shu.vi	H7725	HVqv2fs	go back
אַחֲרֵ֥י	'a.cha.Rei	H310	HR	after
יְבִמְתֵּֽ/ךְ	ye.vim.Te/kh	H2994	HNcfsc/Sp2fs	sister-in-law/ your

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H310 — אַחַר (ʼachar, akh-ar'): from אָחַר; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses); after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H2994 — יְבֵמֶת (Yᵉbêmeth, yeb-ay'-meth): feminine participle of יָבַם; a sister-in-law; brother's wife, sister in law.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H7725 — שׁוּב (shûwb, shoob): a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.

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