Ruth 4:15
He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
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ASV
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.
KJV
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָ֤יָה | ve.Ha.yah | and he will become | H1961 → |
| לָךְ֙ | loKh | for <the> you | |
| לְמֵשִׁ֣יב | le.me.Shiv | <into> [one who] restores | H7725 → |
| נֶ֔פֶשׁ | Ne.fesh | life | H5315 → |
| וּלְכַלְכֵּ֖ל | u.le.khal.Kel | and to sustain | H3557 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| שֵׂיבָתֵ֑ךְ | sei.va.Tekh | old age your | H7872 → |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| כַלָּתֵ֤ךְ | kha.la.Tekh | daughter-in-law your | H3618 → |
| אֲֽשֶׁר־ | 'asher- | who | H834 → |
| אֲהֵבַ֙תֶךְ֙ | 'a.he.Va.tekh | she loves you | H157 → |
| יְלָדַ֔תּוּ | ye.la.Da.tu | she has given birth to him | H3205 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | who | H834 → |
| הִיא֙ | hi' | she | H1931 → |
| ט֣וֹבָה | Toah | [is] good | H2896 → |
| לָ֔ךְ | Lakh | to <the> you | |
| מִשִּׁבְעָ֖ה | mi.shiv.'Ah | more than seven | H7651 → |
| בָּנִֽים׃ | ba.Nim | sons | H1121 → |
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