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And she said,וַתֹּאמֶר“Look,הִנֵּהyour sister-in-lawיְבִמְתֵּךְhas returnedשָׁבָהtoאֶלher peopleעַמָּהּand toוְאֶלher gods;אֱלֹהֶיהָreturnשׁוּבִיafterאַחֲרֵיyour sister-in-law.”יְבִמְתֵּךְ
Ruth 1:15
Study it in the app“And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 1:15, word by word
- And she saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- your sister-in-lawיְבִמְתֵּyevimte
sister-in-law
Sister-in-law: the wife of a brother.
Where else “yevimte” appears- has returnedשָׁבָהshava
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shava” appears- her peopleעַמָּama
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ama” appears- her godsאֱלֹהֶיelohe
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appears
Translation note
“Her gods”: those of Moab, whose chief god was Chemosh (Numbers 21:29).
The context
14They lifted up their voice and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
15 · This verse (above)
16But Ruth said, “Do not press me to abandon you, to turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you spend the night, I will spend the night. Your people is my people, and your Elohim is my Elohim.