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They tookוַיִּשְׂאוּfor themselvesלָהֶםMoabiteמֹאֲבִיּוֹתwives;נָשִׁיםthe nameשֵׁםof the oneהָאַחַתwasOrpah,עָרְפָּהand the nameוְשֵׁםof the secondהַשֵּׁנִיתRuth.רוּתAnd they livedוַיֵּשְׁבוּthereשָׁםaboutכְּtenעֶשֶׂרyears.שָׁנִים
Ruth 1:4
Study it in the app“They took for themselves Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth. And they lived there about ten years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 1:4, word by word
- They tookיִּשְׂאוּyisu
take
To get something; with "a wife", to marry.
Where else “yisu” appears- Moabiteמֹאֲבִיּוֹתmoaviyot
Moabite
Moabite: a descendant of Moab, the son of Lot.
Where else “moaviyot” appears- wivesנָשִׁיםnashim
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of the oneאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- Orpahעָרְפָּהarpa
Orpah
Orpah, a Moabite woman, wife of Chilion; she went back to her people. The name may be related to "back of the neck."
Where else “arpa” appears- of the secondשֵּׁנִיתshenit
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “shenit” appears- Ruthרוּתrut
Ruth
Ruth, a Moabite woman, wife of Mahlon and later of Boaz; great-grandmother of King David (Ruth 4:17) and named among the ancestors of Jesus (Matthew 1:5). The name may mean "friend" or "companion."
Where else “rut” appears- And they livedיֵּשְׁבוּyeshvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- tenעֶשֶׂרeser
ten
Ten.
Where else “eser” appears- yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears
The context
3Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died, and she and her two sons were left.
4 · This verse (above)
5Then both of them, Mahlon and Chilion, also died, and the woman was left without her two sons and without her husband.