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Ruth 1:4

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And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.	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.	And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And they took^H5375 them wives^H802 of the women^H802 of Moab^H4125; the name^H8034 of the one^H259 was Orpah^H6204, and the name^H8034 of the other^H8145 Ruth^H7327: and they dwelled^H3427 there about ten^H6235 years^H8141.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּשְׂאוּ לָהֶם נָשִׁים מֹאֲבִיֹּות שֵׁם הָאַחַת עָרְפָּה וְשֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִית רוּת וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁם כְּעֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּשְׂא֣וּ	va/i.yis.'U	H5375	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they took
לָ/הֶ֗ם	la./Hem		HR/Sp3mp	for (the)/ themselves
נָשִׁים֙	na.Shim	H802	HNcfpa	wives
מֹֽאֲבִיּ֔וֹת	mo.'a.vi.Yot	H4125	HNgfpa	Moabite
שֵׁ֤ם	shem	H8034	HNcmsc	(the) name of
הָֽ/אַחַת֙	ha./'a.Chat	H259	HTd/Acfsa	the/ one
עָרְפָּ֔ה	'a.re.Pah	H6204	HNp	(was) Orpah
וְ/שֵׁ֥ם	ve./Shem	H8034	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) name of
הַ/שֵּׁנִ֖ית	ha./she.Nit	H8145	HTd/Aofsa	the/ second
ר֑וּת	Rut	H7327	HNp	(was) Ruth
וַ/יֵּ֥שְׁבוּ	va/i.Ye.she.vu	H3427	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they dwelt
שָׁ֖ם	sham	H8033	HD	there
כְּ/עֶ֥שֶׂר	ke./'E.ser	H6235	HR/Acfsa	about/ ten
שָׁנִֽים	sha.Nim	H8141	HNcfpa	years

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

Strong's References

• H259 — אֶחָד (ʼechâd, ekh-awd'): a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
• 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.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H4125 — מוֹאָבִי (Môwʼâbîy, mo-aw-bee'): feminine מוֹאָבִיָּה; or מוֹאָבִיתxlit Môwâbîyth corrected to Môwʼâbîyth; patronymical from מוֹאָב; a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. a descendant from Moab; (woman) of Moab, Moabite(-ish, -ss).
• H5375 — נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ, naw-saw'): or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (אֲבַד)), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative; accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.
• H6204 — עׇרְפָּה (ʻOrpâh, or-paw'): feminine of עֹרֶף; mane; Orpah, a Moabites; Orpah.
• H6235 — עֶשֶׂר (ʻeser, eh'ser): masculine of term עֲשָׂרָה; from עָשַׂר; ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits); ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.
• H7327 — רוּת (Rûwth, rooth): probably for רְעוּת; friend; Ruth, a Moabitess; Ruth.
• 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.
• H8141 — שָׁנֶה (shâneh, shaw-neh'): (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).
• H8145 — שֵׁנִי (shênîy, shay-nee'): from שָׁנָה; properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again; again, either (of them), (an-) other, second (time).

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

• 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.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Ruth — Matthew 1:5
• wives — Deuteronomy 7:3, Deuteronomy 23:3, 1 Kings 11:1-2

Related Topics

• Nave’s: CHILION, MOABITES, ORPAH, READINGS, SELECT, RUTH, WOMEN

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