Ruth 4:2
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
עֶשֶׂר
ʻeser
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
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