Ruth 1:9

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.

• יִתֵּ֤ןmay he give

  yitenH5414 →2011 times

• יְהוָה֙Yahweh

  yahwehH3068 →6520 times

• לָכֶ֔םto <the> you

  lakhem

• וּמְצֶ֣אןָand find

  umetzenaH4672 →455 times

• מְנוּחָ֔הrest

  menuchahH4496 →

• אִשָּׁ֖ה[each] woman

  ʾishahH802 →781 times

• בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

  beitH1004 →2046 times

• אִישָׁ֑הּhusband her

  ʾishahH376 →1663 times

• וַתִּשַּׁ֣קand she kissed

  vatishakH5401 →

• לָהֶ֔ן<to> <the> them

  lahen

• וַתִּשֶּׂ֥אנָהand they raised

  vatisenahH5375 →656 times

• קוֹלָ֖ןvoice their

  kolanH6963 →

• וַתִּבְכֶּֽינָה׃and they wept

  vativkeinahH1058 →

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

  Ruth 3:1

  One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?

  it leads to

  • 1 Timothy 5:8

    If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

  • Psalms 128:2

    For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

  • 1 Timothy 5:14

    So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:36

    However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they…

  • Deuteronomy 4:40

    Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your…

• Through

  Genesis 29:11

  Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

  it leads to

  • Genesis 33:4

    Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Genesis 45:2

    But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

• Through

  Genesis 45:15

  Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.

  it leads to

  • Luke 15:20

    So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and…

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.