Study it in the app“would 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.””
would youהֲthereforeלָהֵןwaitתְּשַׂבֵּרְנָהuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרthey grew up?יִגְדָּלוּWould youהֲthereforeלָהֵןshut yourselves up,תֵּעָגֵנָהnotלְבִלְתִּיbelongingהֱיוֹתto a husband?לְאִישׁNo,אַלmy daughters,בְּנֹתַיforכִּיit is much more bitterמַר מְאֹדfor meלִיthan for you,מִכֶּםbecauseכִּיthe handיַדof YHWHיְהוָהhas gone outיָצְאָהagainst me.”בִי
therefore
Therefore, for that reason.
Where else “lahen” appearshope
Wait, hope.
Where else “tesaberna” appearsgrow up
To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.
Where else “yigdalu” appearsshut oneself off
Keep oneself shut away, refrain from marrying. It appears only here.
Where else “teagena” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appearshusband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “ish” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benota” appearsembitter
To make someone's life hard, or to weep bitterly.
Where else “mar” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsset out
To set out somewhere, or go out to war.
Where else “yatsa” appearsIt can be understood that Naomi is thinking of the custom by which the brother of the dead husband took the widow (Deuteronomy 25:5-6): she will have no more sons who could do so.
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,
13 · This verse (above)
14They lifted up their voice and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
