Ruth 4:13

“So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; he went in to her, and YHWH granted her conception, and she bore a son.”

Ruth 4:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ruth 4:13, word by word

So Boazבֹּעַזboaz

Boaz

Boaz, of Bethlehem, a relative of Elimelech; he took Ruth as his wife and was the great-grandfather of King David (Ruth 4:21-22; Matthew 1:5). One of the two pillars of Solomon's temple bore the same name (1 Kings 7:21).

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tookיִּקַּחyikach

take a wife

"Take a wife": to marry.

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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."

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and she becameתְּהִיtehi

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

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wifeאִשָּׁהisha

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

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he went inיָּבֹאyavo

go in to

To go in to a woman as husband.

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and 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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grantedיִּתֵּןyiten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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conceptionהֵרָיוֹןherayon

pregnancy

Pregnancy, conception.

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and she boreתֵּלֶדteled

bear

To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.

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a sonבֵּןben

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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The context

12And may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring that YHWH will give you from this young woman.”

13 · This verse (above)

14Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be YHWH, who has not left you without a kinsman-redeemer today; and may his name be proclaimed in Israel.

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