Ruth 4:15
and that thou have, that shall comfort thy soul, and nourish thine eld age. For a child is born of thy daughter-in-law, that shall love thee, and he is better to thee, than if thou haddest seven sons.This verse in the real world
In what words
- שֵׂיבָהsêybâhold age
- כַּלָּהkallâha bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
- כּוּלkûwlproperly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
- אָהַבʼâhabto have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- שֶׁבַעshebaʻseven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by
- טוֹבṭôwbgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshproperly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in
- שׁוּבshûwbto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 46:4, Psa 55:22, Gen 45:11, Rut 2:11–12, Gen 47:12, Pro 18:24, 1Sa 1:8, Rut 1:16–18