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Ruth 1:14-22

14And they liftedupוַתִּשֶּׂ֣נָהva.ti.Se.nahH5375theirvoiceקוֹלָ֔ןko.LanH6963, and weptagainוַתִּבְכֶּ֖ינָהva.tiv.Kei.nahH1058: andOrpahעָרְפָּה֙'a.re.PahH6204kissedוַתִּשַּׁ֤קva.ti.ShakH5401her mother inlawלַחֲמוֹתָ֔הּla.cha.mo.TahH2545; butRuthוְר֖וּתve.RutH7327clungדָּ֥בְקָהDa.ve.kahH1692to her.

15And shesaidוַתֹּ֗אמֶרva.To.merH559, Behold, thy sister inlawיְבִמְתֵּ֔ךְye.vim.TekhH2994hath gonebackשָׁ֣בָהSha.vahH7725to herpeopleעַמָּ֖הּ'a.MahH5971, and to hergodsאֱלֹהֶ֑יהָ'e.lo.Hei.haH430:returnשׁ֖וּבִיShu.viH7725thouafterאַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiH310thy sister inlawיְבִמְתֵּֽךְ׃ye.vim.TekhH2994.

16AndRuthרוּת֙rutH7327saidוַתֹּ֤אמֶרva.To.merH559,Entreatתִּפְגְּעִי־tif.ge.'i-H6293me not toleaveלְעָזְבֵ֖ךְle.'a.ze.VekhH5800thee, or to turnawayלָשׁ֣וּבla.ShuvH7725fromfollowingמֵאַחֲרָ֑יִךְme.'a.cha.Ra.yikhH310thee: for where thougoestH3212, I willgoH3212; and where thoulodgestתָּלִ֙ינִי֙ta.Li.niH3885, I willlodgeאָלִ֔ין'a.LinH3885: thypeopleעַמֵּ֣ךְ'a.MekhH5971shall be mypeopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971, and thyGodוֵאלֹהַ֖יִךְve.lo.Ha.yikhH430myGodאֱלֹהָֽי׃'e.lo.HaiH430:

17Where thoudiestתָּמ֙וּתִי֙ta.Mu.tiH4191, will Idieאָמ֔וּת'a.MutH4191, and there will I beburiedאֶקָּבֵ֑ר'e.ka.VerH6912: theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068doיַעֲשֶׂ֨הya.'a.SehH6213so to me, andmoreיֹסִ֔יףyo.SifH3254also, if any thing butdeathהַמָּ֔וֶתha.Ma.vetH4194shallpartיַפְרִ֖ידyaf.RidH6504thee and me.

18When shesawוַתֵּ֕רֶאva.Te.re'H7200that she was steadfastlyresolvedמִתְאַמֶּ֥צֶתmit.'a.Me.tzetH553togoH3212with her, then shefinishedוַתֶּחְדַּ֖לva.tech.DalH2308speakingלְדַבֵּ֥רle.da.BerH1696to her.

19So theytwoשְׁתֵּיהֶ֔םshe.tei.HemH8147wentH3212until theycameבֹּאָ֖נָהbo.'A.nahH935toBethlehemH1035. And it came to pass, when they hadcomeכְּבֹאָ֙נָה֙ke.vo.'A.nahH935toBethlehemH1035, that all thecityהָעִיר֙ha.'IrH5892wasmovedוַתֵּהֹ֤םva.te.HomH1949about them, and theysaidוַתֹּאמַ֖רְנָהva.to.Mar.nahH559, Is thisNaomiנָעֳמִֽי׃no.'o.MiH5281?

20And shesaidוַתֹּ֣אמֶרva.To.merH559to them,Callתִּקְרֶ֥אנָהtik.Re.nahH7121me notNaomiנָעֳמִ֑יno.'o.MiH5281,callקְרֶ֤אןָke.Re.naH7121meMaraמָרָ֔אma.Ra'H4755: for theAlmightyשַׁדַּ֛יsha.DaiH7706hath dealtveryמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966bitterlyהֵמַ֥רhe.MarH4843with me.

21I wentoutהָלַ֔כְתִּיha.Lakh.tiH1980fullמְלֵאָ֣הme.le.'AhH4392, and theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068hath brought me homeagainהֱשִׁיבַ֣נִיhe.shi.Va.niH7725emptyוְרֵיקָ֖םve.rei.KamH7387: why thencallתִקְרֶ֤אנָהtik.Re.nahH7121ye meNaomiנָעֳמִ֔יno.'o.MiH5281, seeing theLORDוַֽיהוָה֙va.Yah.wehH3068hathtestifiedעָ֣נָה'A.nahH6030against me, and theAlmightyוְשַׁדַּ֖יve.sha.DaiH7706hathafflictedהֵ֥רַֽעHe.ra'H7489me?

22SoNaomiנָעֳמִ֗יno.'o.MiH5281returnedוַתָּ֣שָׁבva.Ta.shovH7725, andRuthוְר֨וּתve.RutH7327theMoabitessהַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤הha.mo.'a.vi.YahH4125, her daughter inlawכַלָּתָהּ֙kha.la.TahH3618, with her, whoreturnedהַשָּׁ֖בָהha.Sha.vahH7725from thecountryמִשְּׂדֵ֣יmi.se.DeiH7704ofMoabמוֹאָ֑בmo.'AvH4124: and theycameבָּ֚אוּBa.'uH935toBethlehemH1035in thebeginningבִּתְחִלַּ֖תbit.chi.LatH8462ofbarleyשְׂעֹרִֽים׃se.'o.RimH8184harvestקְצִ֥ירke.TzirH7105.

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