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Ruth 1:2

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Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.	And the name of the man [was] Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.	And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the name^H8034 of the man^H376 was Elimelech^H458, and the name^H8034 of his wife^H802 Naomi^H5281, and the name^H8034 of his two^H8147 sons^H1121 Mahlon^H4248 and Chilion^H3630, Ephrathites^H673 of Bethlehemjudah^{H1035 H3063}. And they came^H935 into the country^H7704 of Moab^H4124, and continued there.

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Original Hebrew

וְשֵׁם הָאִישׁ אֱ‍לִימֶלֶךְ וְשֵׁם אִשְׁתֹּו נָעֳמִי וְשֵׁם שְׁנֵי־בָנָיו ׀ מַחְלֹון וְכִלְיֹון אֶפְרָתִים מִבֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה וַיָּבֹאוּ שְׂדֵי־מֹואָב וַיִּהְיוּ־שָׁם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/שֵׁ֣ם	ve./Shem	H8034	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) name of
הָ/אִ֣ישׁ	ha./'Ish	H376	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ man
אֱֽלִימֶ֡לֶךְ	'eli.Me.lekh	H458	HNp	(was) Elimelech
וְ/שֵׁם֩	ve./Shem	H8034	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) name of
אִשְׁתּ֨/וֹ	'ish.T/o	H802	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	wife/ his
נָעֳמִ֜י	no.'o.Mi	H5281	HNp	(was) Naomi
וְ/שֵׁ֥ם	ve./Shem	H8034	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) name of
שְׁנֵֽי	she.nei-	H8147	HAcmdc	(the) two
בָנָ֣י/ו	va.Na/v	H1121	HNcmpc/Sp3ms	sons/ his
מַחְל֤וֹן	mach.Lon	H4248	HNp	(was) Mahlon
וְ/כִלְיוֹן֙	ve./khil.yOn	H3630	HC/Np	and/ Kilion
אֶפְרָתִ֔ים	'ef.ra.Tim	H673	HNgmpa	Ephrathites
מִ/בֵּ֥ית	mi./Beit	H1035	HR/Np	from/ Beth-
לֶ֖חֶם	Le.chem	H1035	HNp	-lehem
יְהוּדָ֑ה	ye.hu.Dah	H3063	HNp	Judah
וַ/יָּבֹ֥אוּ	va/i.ya.Vo.'u	H935	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they came
שְׂדֵי	se.dei-	H7704	HNcmpc	(the) region(s) of
מוֹאָ֖ב	mo.'Av	H4124	HNp	Moab
וַ/יִּֽהְיוּ	va/i.yih.yu-	H1961	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they were
שָֽׁם	Sham	H8033	HD	there

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

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H458 — אֱלִימֶלֶךְ (ʼĔlîymelek, el-ee-meh'-lek): from אֵל and מֶלֶךְ; God of (the) king; Elimelek, an Israelite; Elimelech.
• H673 — אֶפְרָתִי (ʼEphrâthîy, ef-rawth-ee'): patrial from אֶפְרָת; an Ephrathite or an Ephraimite; Ephraimite, Ephrathite.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1035 — בֵּית לֶחֶם (Bêyth Lechem, bayth leh'-khem): from בַּיִת and לֶחֶם; house of bread; Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine; Bethlehem.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H3063 — יְהוּדָה (Yᵉhûwdâh, yeh-hoo-daw'): from יָדָה; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory; Judah.
• H3630 — כִּלְיוֹן (Kilyôwn, kil-yone'): a form of כִּלָּיוֹן; Kiljon, an Israelite; Chilion.
• H4124 — מוֹאָב (Môwʼâb, mo-awb): from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m-and אָב; from (her (the mother's)) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants; Moab.
• H4248 — מַחְלוֹן (Machlôwn, makh-lone'): from חָלָה; sick; Machlon, an Israelite; Mahlon.
• H5281 — נׇעֳמִי (Noʻŏmîy, no-om-ee'): from נֹעַם; pleasant; Noomi, an Israelitess; Naomi.
• H7704 — שָׂדֶה (sâdeh, saw-deh'): or שָׂדַי; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat); country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.
• H8034 — שֵׁם (shêm, shame): a primitive word (perhaps rather from through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare שָׁמַיִם); an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character; [phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

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

• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

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