Ruth 4:16

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And he shall be unto thee a restorer of [thy] life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.	And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.	And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he [is] the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Naomi^H5281 took^H3947 the child^H3206, and laid^H7896 it in her bosom^H2436, and became nurse^H539 unto it.

Original Hebrew

וַתִּקַּח נָעֳמִי אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד וַתְּשִׁתֵהוּ בְחֵיקָהּ וַתְּהִי־לֹו לְאֹמֶנֶת׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תִּקַּ֨ח	va./ti.Kach	H3947	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she took
נָעֳמִ֤י	no.'o.Mi	H5281	HNp	Naomi
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/יֶּ֨לֶד֙	hai./Ye.led	H3206	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ child
וַ/תְּשִׁתֵ֣/הוּ	va./te.shi.Te./hu	H7896	HC/Vqw3fs/Sp3ms	and/ she placed/ him
בְ/חֵיקָ֔/הּ	ve./chei.Ka/h	H2436	HR/Ncmsc/Sp3fs	on/ bosom/ her
וַ/תְּהִי	va./te.hi-	H1961	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she became
ל֖/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	of/ him
לְ/אֹמֶֽנֶת	le./'o.Me.net	H539	HR/Vqrfsa	(into)/ a nurse

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

Strong's References

H539 — אָמַן (ʼâman, aw-man'): a primitive root; (Isaiah 30:21; interchangeable with אָמַן, to go to the right hand); properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, [phrase] fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
H2436 — חֵיק (chêyq, khake): or חֵק; and חוֹק; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom (literally or figuratively); bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.
H3206 — יֶלֶד (yeled, yeh'-led): from יָלַד; something born, i.e. a lad or offspring; boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).
H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
H5281 — נׇעֳמִי (Noʻŏmîy, no-om-ee'): from נֹעַם; pleasant; Noomi, an Israelitess; Naomi.
H7896 — שִׁית (shîyth, sheeth): a primitive root; to place (in a very wide application); apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase] regard, set, shew, be stayed, [idiom] take.

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

H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
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.

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