Ruth 1:8

“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.”

Ruth 1:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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."

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saidתֹּאמֶרtomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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to her twoשְׁתֵּיshete

two

A pair, a quantity of two.

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daughters-in-lawכַלֹּתֶיchalote

daughter-in-law

The son's wife.

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“Goלֵכְנָהlechna

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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returnשֹּׁבְנָהshovna

return

To go back to a place.

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eachאִשָּׁהisha

each

Literally "woman": all of them, taken separately.

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to the houseבֵיתvet

household

The family, everyone living under one roof.

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of her motherאִמָּima

mother

The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.

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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.

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doיַעַשׂyaas

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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loyal loveחֶסֶדchesed

loyal love

God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.

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the deadמֵּתִיםmetim

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

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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.

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