Iאֲנִיwent awayהָלַכְתִּיfull,מְלֵאָהand emptyוְרֵיקָםYHWHיְהוָהhas broughtהֱשִׁיבַmeנִיback.הֱשִׁיבַWhyלָמָּהdo you callתִקְרֶאנָהmeלִיNaomi,נָעֳמִיwhen YHWHוַיהוָהhas testifiedעָנָהagainst meבִיand Shaddaiוְשַׁדַּיhas doneהֵרַעmeלִיharm?”הֵרַע
Ruth 1:21
Study it in the app“I went away full, and empty YHWH has brought me back. Why do you call me Naomi, when YHWH has testified against me and Shaddai has done me harm?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 1:21, word by word
- went awayהָלַכְתִּיhalachti
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halachti” appears- fullמְלֵאָהmelea
full
Full, complete. "Full silver" is the full price.
Where else “melea” appears- and emptyרֵיקָםrekam
empty-handed
With nothing: return bringing nothing.
Where else “rekam” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- has broughtהֱשִׁיבַheshiva
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “heshiva” appears- do you callתִקְרֶאנָהtikrena
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “tikrena” appears- Naomiנָעֳמִיnaomi
Naomi
Naomi, wife of Elimelech and mother-in-law of Ruth. The name means "pleasant" or "my delight."
Where else “naomi” appears- has testifiedעָנָהana
testify
To speak before a judge as a witness, for or against someone.
Where else “ana” appears- and Shaddaiשַׁדַּיshaday
Shaddai, Almighty
"Shaddai": an ancient name of God, above all in Genesis and Job. It is usually translated "Almighty"; the exact origin of the word is not certain.
Where else “shaday” appears- has doneהֵרַעhera
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “hera” appears
The context
20She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for Shaddai has dealt very bitterly with me.
21 · This verse (above)
22So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned from the fields of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.