Ruth 1:12

“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,”

Ruth 1:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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I am too oldזָקַנְתִּיzakanti

grow old

Grow old, be old.

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to belongהְיוֹתheot

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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to a husbandאִישׁish

husband

Literally "her man": the one married to her.

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I saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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hope,’תִקְוָהtikva

hope

What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.

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tonightלַּיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

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gave birth toיָלַדְתִּיyaladti

bear

To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.

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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.”

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