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But Naomiוַ נָעֳמִיsaid,תֹּאמֶר“Return,שֹׁבְנָהmy daughters.בְנֹתַיWhyלָמָּהwould you goתֵלַכְנָהwith me?עִמִּיDo I still haveהַעוֹד לִיsonsבָנִיםin my wombבְּמֵעַיthat they could becomeוְהָיוּhusbandsלַאֲנָשִׁיםfor you?לָכֶם
Ruth 1:11
Study it in the app“But Naomi said, “Return, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb that they could become husbands for you?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 1:11, word by word
- But Naomiנָעֳמִיnaomi
Naomi
Naomi, wife of Elimelech and mother-in-law of Ruth. The name means "pleasant" or "my delight."
Where else “naomi” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “Returnשֹׁבְנָהshovna
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shovna” appears- my daughtersבְנֹתַvenota
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venota” appears- would you goתֵלַכְנָהtelachna
go along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “telachna” appears- sonsבָנִיםvanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appears- in my wombמֵעַmea
inward parts
The inward parts, the inside of the body; hence the child who comes out of them.
Where else “mea” appears- that they could becomeהָיוּhayu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayu” appears- husbandsאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “anashim” appears
The context
10And they said to her, “No; rather with you we will return to your people.”
11 · This verse (above)
12Return, my daughters, go, for I am too old to belong to a husband. Even if I said, ‘I have hope,’ even if I belonged to a husband tonight and also gave birth to sons,