He will beוְהָיָהto youלָךְone who brings backלְמֵשִׁיבthe soulנֶפֶשׁand one who sustainsוּלְכַלְכֵּלyour old age;אֶת שֵׂיבָתֵךְforכִּיyour daughter-in-lawכַלָּתֵךְwhoאֲשֶׁרloves youאֲהֵבַתֶךְhas borne him,יְלָדַתּוּshe whoאֲשֶׁר הִיאis betterטוֹבָהto youלָךְthan sevenמִשִּׁבְעָהsons.”בָּנִים
Ruth 4:15
Study it in the app“He 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 4:15, word by word
- He will beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- one who brings backמֵשִׁיבmeshiv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “meshiv” appears- the soulנֶפֶשׁnefesh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nefesh” appears- and one who sustainsכַלְכֵּלchalkel
provide for
To feed someone, keep them alive.
Where else “chalkel” appears- your old ageשֵׂיבָתֵsevate
old age, gray hair
Old age; gray hair.
Where else “sevate” appears- your daughter-in-lawכַלָּתֵchalate
daughter-in-law
The son's wife.
Where else “chalate” appears- loves youאֲהֵבַתֶahevate
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahevate” appears- has borne himיְלָדַתּyeladat
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yeladat” appears- is betterטוֹבָהtova
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tova” appears- than sevenשִּׁבְעָהshiva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appears- sonsבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears
Translation note
“The one who brings back the soul”: it can be understood as the one who restores your life or strength; “soul” (nefesh) also means “life.”
The context
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.
15 · This verse (above)
16Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom and was the one who reared him.