Ruth 4:10
Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
מוֹאָבִי
Môwʼâbîy
a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. a descendant from Moab
קָנָה
qânâh
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
נַחֲלָה
nachălâh
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
עֵד
ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
Key Terms in This Verse
קָנָה qânâh
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
Study H7069 →עֵד ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
Study H5707 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →עוֹד ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
Study H5750 →נַחֲלָה nachălâh
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
Study H5159 →Cross References
And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and...
Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
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