Return,שֹׁבְנָהmy daughters,בְנֹתַיgo,לֵכְןָforכִּיI am too oldזָקַנְתִּי מִto belongהְיוֹתto a husband.לְאִישׁEven ifכִּיI said,אָמַרְתִּי‘I haveיֶשׁ לִיhope,’תִקְוָהeven ifגַּםI belongedהָיִיתִיto a husbandלְאִישׁtonightהַלַּיְלָהand alsoוְגַםgave birth toיָלַדְתִּיsons,בָנִים
Ruth 1:12
Study it in the app“Return, 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 1:12, word by word
- 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- goלֵכְןָlechna
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechna” appears- I am too oldזָקַנְתִּיzakanti
grow old
Grow old, be old.
Where else “zakanti” appears- to belongהְיוֹתheot
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appears- to a husbandאִישׁish
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “ish” appears- I saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears- hope,’תִקְוָהtikva
hope
What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.
Where else “tikva” appears- tonightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- gave birth toיָלַדְתִּיyaladti
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yaladti” appears- sonsבָנִיםvanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appears
The context
11But 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?
12 · This verse (above)
13would you therefore wait until they grew up? Would you therefore shut yourselves up, not belonging to a husband? No, my daughters, for it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of YHWH has gone out against me.”