Ruth 1:17

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• בַּאֲשֶׁ֤רat where

  baasherH834 →5497 times

• תָּמ֙וּתִי֙you will die

  tamutiH4191 →839 times

• אָמ֔וּתI will die

  ʾamutH4191 →839 times

• וְשָׁ֖םand there

  veshamH8033 →834 times

• אֶקָּבֵ֑רI will be buried

  ʾekaverH6912 →

• כֹּה֩thus

  kohH3541 →577 times

• יַעֲשֶׂ֨הmay he do

  yaasehH6213 →2628 times

• יְהוָ֥הYahweh

  yahwehH3068 →6520 times

• לִי֙to <the> me

  li

• וְכֹ֣הand thus

  vekhohH3541 →577 times

• יֹסִ֔יףmay he add

  yosifH3254 →

• כִּ֣יif

  kiH3588 →4482 times

• הַמָּ֔וֶת<the> death

  hamavetH4194 →

• יַפְרִ֖ידit will separate

  yafridH6504 →

• בֵּינִ֥יbetween me

  beiniH996 →407 times

• וּבֵינֵֽךְ׃and between you

  uveinekhH996 →407 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  1 Samuel 3:17

  “What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 3:35

    Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread…

    Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

• Through

  2 Kings 6:31

  He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”

  it leads to

  • 1 Kings 19:2

    So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those…

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

• Through

  1 Samuel 25:22

  May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one of Nabal’s men survive until morning.”

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 20:13

    But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety.…

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • 1 Kings 14:10

    Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house…

  • 1 Samuel 3:17

    “What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”

  • 1 Kings 21:21

    This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.

• Through

  2 Samuel 19:13

  And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

  it leads to

  • 2 Samuel 17:25

    Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah…

  • 2 Samuel 8:16

    Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;