And Naomiוַ נָעֳמִיsaidתֹּאמֶרto her twoלִשְׁתֵּי הָdaughters-in-law,כַלֹּתֶי“Go,לֵכְנָהreturn,שֹּׁבְנָהeachאִשָּׁהto the houseלְבֵיתof her mother.אִמָּהּMay YHWHיְהוָהdoיַעַשׂloyal loveחֶסֶדwith you,עִמָּכֶםasכַּאֲשֶׁרyou have doneעֲשִׂיתֶםwithעִםthe deadהַמֵּתִיםand with me.וְעִמָּדִי
Ruth 1:8
Study it in the app“And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return, each to the house of her mother. May YHWH do loyal love with you, as you have done with the dead and with me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 1:8, word by word
- And Naomiנָעֳמִיnaomi
Naomi
Naomi, wife of Elimelech and mother-in-law of Ruth. The name means "pleasant" or "my delight."
Where else “naomi” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- to her twoשְׁתֵּיshete
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shete” appears- daughters-in-lawכַלֹּתֶיchalote
daughter-in-law
The son's wife.
Where else “chalote” appears- “Goלֵכְנָהlechna
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechna” appears- returnשֹּׁבְנָהshovna
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shovna” appears- eachאִשָּׁהisha
each
Literally "woman": all of them, taken separately.
Where else “isha” appears- to the houseבֵיתvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- of her motherאִמָּima
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “ima” appears- May 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- doיַעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears- loyal loveחֶסֶדchesed
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chesed” appears- the deadמֵּתִיםmetim
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “metim” appears
The context
7So she went out from the place where she had been, and her two daughters-in-law with her, and they went on the road to return to the land of Judah.
8 · This verse (above)
9May YHWH grant you that you find rest, each in the house of her husband.” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice and wept.