So Boazוַ בֹּעַזtookיִּקַּחRuth,אֶת רוּתand she becameוַתְּהִיhisלוֹwife;לְאִשָּׁהhe went inוַיָּבֹאto her,אֵלֶיהָand YHWHוַ יְהוָהgrantedיִּתֵּןherלָהּconception,הֵרָיוֹןand she boreוַתֵּלֶדa son.בֵּן
Ruth 4:13
Study it in the app“So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; he went in to her, and YHWH granted her conception, and she bore a son.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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).
Where else “boaz” appears- tookיִּקַּחyikach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “yikach” 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 she becameתְּהִיtehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tehi” appears- wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears- he went inיָּבֹאyavo
go in to
To go in to a woman as husband.
Where else “yavo” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- grantedיִּתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- conceptionהֵרָיוֹןherayon
pregnancy
Pregnancy, conception.
Where else “herayon” appears- and she boreתֵּלֶדteled
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “teled” appears- a sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears
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.