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Thenוַboth of them,שְׁנֵיהֶםMahlonמַחְלוֹןand Chilion,וְכִלְיוֹןalsoגַםdied,יָּמוּתוּand the womanוַ הָאִשָּׁהwas leftתִּשָּׁאֵרwithoutמִher twoשְּׁנֵי הָsonsיְלָדֶיand withoutוּמֵher husband.אִישָׁהּ
Ruth 1:5
Study it in the app“Then both of them, Mahlon and Chilion, also died, and the woman was left without her two sons and without her husband.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 1:5, word by word
- both of themשְׁנֵיshene
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appears- Mahlonמַחְלוֹןmachlon
Mahlon
Mahlon, one of the two sons of Elimelech and Naomi, Ruth's first husband (Ruth 4:10). The name is related to "sickness" or "weakness."
Where else “machlon” appears- and Chilionכִלְיוֹןchilyon
Chilion
Chilion, one of the two sons of Elimelech and Naomi, husband of Orpah. The name is related to "pining away" or "coming to an end."
Where else “chilyon” appears- diedיָּמוּתוּyamutu
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamutu” appears- and the womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- was leftתִּשָּׁאֵרtishaer
remain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “tishaer” appears- sonsיְלָדֶיyelade
son
A son or daughter of someone; his direct offspring.
Where else “yelade” appears- her husbandאִישָׁisha
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “isha” appears
The context
4They 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6Then she arose with her daughters-in-law and returned from the fields of Moab, for she had heard in the field of Moab that YHWH had attended to his people by giving them bread.