Ruth 4:14

“Then 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.”

Ruth 4:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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גֹּאֵל

The women bless YHWH because Naomi has not been left without a kinsman-redeemer.

Ruth 4:6Job 19:25

Ruth 4:14, word by word

Then the womenנָּשִׁיםnashim

woman

An adult female person: single, married or widowed.

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saidתֹּאמַרְנָהtomarna

say

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

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Naomiנָעֳמִיnaomi

Naomi

Naomi, wife of Elimelech and mother-in-law of Ruth. The name means "pleasant" or "my delight."

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“Blessed beבָּרוּךְbaruch

praise

To praise God: "blessed be YHWH".

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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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left you withoutהִשְׁבִּיתhishbit

put an end

To make something end, remove it.

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a kinsman-redeemerגֹּאֵלgoel

redeem

To buy back a relative or their land.

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todayיּוֹםyom

today

This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.

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and may his nameשְׁמshem

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

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be proclaimedיִקָּרֵאyikare

proclaim

To announce aloud.

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in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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The context

13So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; he went in to her, and YHWH granted her conception, and she bore a son.

14 · This verse (above)

15He will be to you one who brings back the soul and one who sustains your old age; for your daughter-in-law who loves you has borne him, she who is better to you than seven sons.”

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