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Ruth 1:11-13

11But Naomiנָעֳמִי֙no.'o.MiH5281repliedוַתֹּ֤אמֶרva.To.merH559, “Return homeשֹׁ֣בְנָהShoe.nahH7725,my daughtersבְנֹתַ֔יve.no.TaiH1323.Whyלָ֥מָּהLa.mahH4100would you goתֵלַ֖כְנָהte.Lakh.nahH1980with meעִמִּ֑י'i.MiH5973? Arethere stillהַֽעֽוֹד־ha.'od-H5750sonsבָנִים֙va.NimH1121in my wombבְּֽמֵעַ֔יbe.me.'AiH4578to becomeוְהָי֥וּve.ha.YuH1961yourhusbandsלַאֲנָשִֽׁים׃la.'a.na.ShimH582?

12Return homeשֹׁ֤בְנָהShoe.nahH7725,my daughtersבְנֹתַי֙ve.no.TaiH1323.Go onלֵ֔כְןָLe.khe.naH1980,forכִּ֥יkiH3588I am too oldזָקַ֖נְתִּיza.Kan.tiH2204to haveמִהְי֣וֹתmih.YotH1961another husbandלְאִ֑ישׁle.'IshH376.Even ifכִּ֤יkiH3588I thoughtאָמַ֙רְתִּי֙'a.Mar.tiH559there wasיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426hopeתִקְוָ֔הtik.VahH8615for meto haveהָיִ֤יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961a husbandגַּ֣ם לְאִ֔ישׁgam le.'IshH376 H1571tonightהַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ha.Lay.lahH3915andוְגַ֖םve.GamH1571to bearיָלַ֥דְתִּיya.Lad.tiH3205sonsבָנִֽים׃va.NimH1121,

13would you waitתְּשַׂבֵּ֗רְנָהte.sa.Be.re.nahH7663for themהֲלָהֵ֣ן׀ha.la.HenH3860toעַ֚ד'adH5704אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834grow upיִגְדָּ֔לוּ הֲלָהֵן֙yig.Da.lu ha.la.HenH1431 H3860?Would you refrainתֵּֽעָגֵ֔נָהte.'a.Ge.nahH5702fromלְבִלְתִּ֖יle.vil.TiH1115havingהֱי֣וֹתhe.YotH1961husbandsלְאִ֑ישׁle.'IshH376?Noאַ֣ל'alH408,my daughtersבְּנֹתַ֗יbe.no.TaiH1323כִּֽי־ki-H3588,it is much more bitterמַר־ מְאֹד֙mar- me.'OdH4843 H3966for me than for you,becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588the handיַד־yad-H3027of the LORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068has gone outיָצְאָ֥הya.tze.'AhH3318against me.”

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