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Ruth 1:16-18

16And Ruthרוּת֙rutH7327saidוַתֹּ֤אמֶרva.To.merH559,Intreatתִּפְגְּעִי־tif.ge.'i-H6293me not to leaveלְעָזְבֵ֖ךְle.'a.ze.VekhH5800thee, orto returnלָשׁ֣וּבla.ShuvH7725from following afterמֵאַחֲרָ֑יִךְme.'a.cha.Ra.yikhH310thee: for whither thou goestH3212,I will goH3212;and where thou lodgestתָּלִ֙ינִי֙ta.Li.niH3885,I will lodgeאָלִ֔ין'a.LinH3885:thy peopleעַמֵּ֣ךְ'a.MekhH5971shall bemy peopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971,and thy Godוֵאלֹהַ֖יִךְve.lo.Ha.yikhH430my Godאֱלֹהָֽי׃'e.lo.HaiH430:

17Where thou diestתָּמ֙וּתִי֙ta.Mu.tiH4191,will I dieאָמ֔וּת'a.MutH4191,and there will I be buriedאֶקָּבֵ֑ר'e.ka.VerH6912:Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068doיַעֲשֶׂ֨הya.'a.SehH6213so to me, and moreיֹסִ֔יףyo.SifH3254also, if oughtbut deathהַמָּ֔וֶתha.Ma.vetH4194partיַפְרִ֖ידyaf.RidH6504thee and me.

18When she sawוַתֵּ֕רֶאva.Te.re'H7200that she was stedfastly mindedמִתְאַמֶּ֥צֶתmit.'a.Me.tzetH553to goH3212with her, then she leftוַתֶּחְדַּ֖לva.tech.DalH2308speakingלְדַבֵּ֥רle.da.BerH1696unto her.

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