Ruth 1:12
Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,
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ASV
Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband to-night, and should also bear sons;
KJV
Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| שֹׁ֤בְנָה | Shoe.nah | go back | H7725 → |
| בְנֹתַי֙ | ve.no.Tai | O daughters my | H1323 → |
| לֵ֔כְןָ | Le.khe.na | go | H1980 → |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| זָקַ֖נְתִּי | za.Kan.ti | I am [too] old | H2204 → |
| מִהְי֣וֹת | mih.Yot | for belonging | H1961 → |
| לְאִ֑ישׁ | le.'Ish | to a husband | H376 → |
| כִּ֤י | ki | if | H3588 → |
| אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ | 'a.Mar.ti | I said | H559 → |
| יֶשׁ־ | yesh- | there | H3426 → |
| לִ֣י | li | for <the> me | |
| תִקְוָ֔ה | tik.Vah | [is] hope | H8615 → |
| גַּ֣ם | gam | also | H1571 → |
| הָיִ֤יתִי | ha.Yi.ti | I belonged | H1961 → |
| הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ | ha.Lay.lah | this night | H3915 → |
| לְאִ֔ישׁ | le.'Ish | to a husband | H376 → |
| וְגַ֖ם | ve.Gam | and also | H1571 → |
| יָלַ֥דְתִּי | ya.Lad.ti | I bore | H3205 → |
| בָנִֽים׃ | va.Nim | sons | H1121 → |
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