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Ruth C1C2C3C4

OET interlinear RUTH 4:5

 RUTH 4:5 ©

Hebrew word order

    1. Hebrew word
    2. Hebrew lemma
    3. OET-LV words
    4. OET-RV words
    5. Strongs
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. Gloss
    8. CAPS codes
    9. OET tags
    10. OET word #
    1. וַ,יֹּאמֶר
    2. 180922,180923
    3. And he/it said
    4. -
    5. 559
    6. v-C,Vqw3ms
    7. and=he/it_said
    8. S
    9. -
    10. 125039
    1. בֹּעַז
    2. 180924
    3. Boˊaz
    4. -
    5. 1162
    6. s-Np
    7. Boaz
    8. -
    9. Person=Boaz
    10. 125040
    1. בְּ,יוֹם
    2. 180925,180926
    3. in/on day
    4. -
    5. 3117
    6. -R,Ncmsc
    7. in/on=day
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 125041
    1. 180927
    2. -
    3. -
    4. -x-maqqef
    5. -
    6. -
    7. 125042
    1. קְנוֹתְ,ךָ
    2. 180928,180929
    3. buy you
    4. -
    5. 7069
    6. vs-Vqc,Sp2ms
    7. buy,you
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 125043
    1. הַ,שָּׂדֶה
    2. 180930,180931
    3. the field
    4. -
    5. -Td,Ncmsa
    6. the=field
    7. -
    8. -
    9. 125044
    1. מִ,יַּד
    2. 180932,180933
    3. from hand
    4. -
    5. 3027
    6. -R,Ncbsc
    7. from,hand
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 125045
    1. נָעֳמִי
    2. 180934
    3. of Nāˊₒmī
    4. -
    5. 5281
    6. -Np
    7. of_Naomi
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 125046
    1. וּ,מֵ,אֵת
    2. 180935,180936,180937
    3. and from
    4. -
    5. 853
    6. -C,R,To
    7. and,from,
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 125047
    1. רוּת
    2. 180938
    3. Rūt
    4. -
    5. 7327
    6. -Np
    7. Ruth
    8. -
    9. Person=Ruth
    10. 125048
    1. הַ,מּוֹאֲבִיָּה
    2. 180939,180940
    3. the Mōʼāⱱitess
    4. -
    5. 4125
    6. -Td,Ngfsa
    7. the,Moabitess
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 125049
    1. אֵשֶׁת
    2. 180941
    3. the wife
    4. -
    5. 802
    6. -Ncfsc
    7. the_wife
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 125050
    1. 180942
    2. -
    3. -
    4. -x-maqqef
    5. -
    6. -
    7. 125051
    1. הַ,מֵּת
    2. 180943,180944
    3. the dead
    4. -
    5. 4191
    6. -Td,Vqrmsa
    7. the,dead
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 125052
    1. קניתי
    2. 180945
    3. you have acquired
    4. -
    5. 7069
    6. -Vqp1cs
    7. you_have_acquired
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 125053
    1. 180946
    2. -
    3. -
    4. -
    5. -
    6. -
    7. 125054
    1. לְ,הָקִים
    2. 180947,180948
    3. in order to maintain
    4. -
    5. v-R,Vhc
    6. in_order_to,maintain
    7. -
    8. -
    9. 125055
    1. שֵׁם
    2. 180949
    3. the name
    4. -
    5. 8034
    6. v-Ncmsc
    7. the_name
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 125056
    1. 180950
    2. -
    3. -
    4. -x-maqqef
    5. -
    6. -
    7. 125057
    1. הַ,מֵּת
    2. 180951,180952
    3. the dead
    4. -
    5. 4191
    6. -Td,Vqrmsa
    7. the,dead
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 125058
    1. עַל
    2. 180953
    3. over
    4. -
    5. -R
    6. over
    7. -
    8. -
    9. 125059
    1. 180954
    2. -
    3. -
    4. -x-maqqef
    5. -
    6. -
    7. 125060
    1. נַחֲלָת,וֹ
    2. 180955,180956
    3. inheritance his
    4. inherit
    5. 5159
    6. -Ncfsc,Sp3ms
    7. inheritance,his
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 125061
    1. 180957
    2. -
    3. -
    4. -x-sof-pasuq
    5. -
    6. -
    7. 125062

OET (OET-LV)And_he/it_said Boˊaz in/on_day buy_you the_field from_hand of_Nāˊₒ and_from Rūt the_Mōʼāⱱitess the_wife the_dead you_have_acquired[fn] in_order_to_maintain the_name the_dead over inheritance_his.


4:5 Variant note: קניתי: (x-qere) ’קָנִ֔יתָה’: lemma_7069 n_0.1 morph_HVqp2ms id_08cqw קָנִ֔יתָה

OET (OET-RV)“When you buy the land from Naomi,” Boaz continued, “you will also need to marry Ruth, our deceased relative’s widow from Moab, so that she’ll have a son who will inherit the property and continue Elimelek’s family line.”

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בְּ⁠יוֹם

in/on=day

Here, On the day is an idiom that means “at the time.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “At the hour” or “At the same time”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

מִ⁠יַּ֣ד נָעֳמִ֑י

from,hand Nāˊₒmī

Boaz is using one part of a person, the hand of Naomi, to represent Naomi herself and her legal possession of the land. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “from Naomi”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ֠⁠מֵ⁠אֵת ר֣וּת & קָנִ֔יתָה

and,from, Rūt & (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Boˊaz in/on=day buy,you the=field from,hand Nāˊₒmī and,from, Rūt the,Moabitess wife_of the,dead acquire in_order_to,maintain name_of the,dead on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in inheritance,his )

Boaz is using the term acquire to mean that the man must marry the Moabite woman. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you must also marry Ruth”

אֵֽשֶׁת־הַ⁠מֵּת֙

wife_of the,dead

Alternate translation: “the widow of Elimelek’s son who died”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לְ⁠הָקִ֥ים שֵׁם־הַ⁠מֵּ֖ת עַל־נַחֲלָתֽ⁠וֹ׃

in_order_to,maintain name_of the,dead on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Boˊaz in/on=day buy,you the=field from,hand Nāˊₒmī and,from, Rūt the,Moabitess wife_of the,dead acquire in_order_to,maintain name_of the,dead on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in inheritance,his )

Here, raise up the name of the dead over is an idiom that means “supply an heir for.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “so that she may give birth to a son to inherit the property and carry on her dead husband’s family name”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

הַ⁠מֵּת֙ & הַ⁠מֵּ֖ת

the,dead & the,dead

Boaz is using the adjective dead as a noun to mean the one who died. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “the man who died … the dead man”

TSN Tyndale Study Notes:

4:5 your purchase . . . requires that you marry Ruth (literally on the day you purchase . . . you acquire Ruth): In the Hebrew manuscripts that we have, the body of this verse reads I acquire, but a scribal correction in the margin reads you acquire, a difference of one letter. (The scribe believed you acquire was the original reading and that the body of the text contained an error.) Some interpreters believe the body of the Hebrew text (I acquire) is the original reading of the text, indicating that the marriage between Boaz and Ruth was already set to occur (see study note on 3:11). Most translators, however, believe that the marginal correction (you acquire) represents the original reading of the text because: (1) The scribe who made the marginal correction believed that you acquire was the original reading; (2) most ancient translations of Ruth, which predate our oldest copies of the Hebrew text, also read you acquire; and (3) it is easy to envision that an earlier Hebrew scribe (working before our earliest manuscript copies) substituted I acquire—as it appears in 4:10—in place of you acquire.
• That way she can have children who will carry on her husband’s name and keep the land in the family: This sentence draws heavily on Deut 25:7. Boaz connected the duties of a family redeemer (see study notes on Ruth 2:20; Lev 25:25) with the duties of a brother-in-law (Latin levir) to provide an heir for a deceased brother (see Deut 25:5-10 for a description of levirate marriage; cp. Gen 38). There is no precise precedent for Boaz’s legal maneuver. The duty of the levir as stated in Deut 25:5-10 was not binding in this situation (neither Boaz nor the other kinsman was Elimelech’s brother, and Ruth was not Elimelech’s widow). Boaz was apparently using the spirit of the law concerning the go’el (family redeemer) to establish a moral, if not a legal, obligation to serve as levir and provide the deceased with an heir to inherit the land (see study note on Lev 25:25). The concepts of land ownership and provision for an heir were intimately connected in ancient Israel (cp. Num 27:1-11). Because Naomi was beyond childbearing age, Ruth, the widow of Elimelech’s son, would be the mother for such an heir. This maneuver apparently surprised the other kinsman (Ruth 4:6), but it is clear from what follows that Boaz’s argument, while perhaps novel, was accepted as valid.

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

    1. OET-LV words
    2. OET-RV words
    3. Strongs
    4. Hebrew word
    5. Hebrew lemma
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. Gloss
    8. CAPS codes
    9. OET tags
    10. OET word #
    1. And he/it said
    2. -
    3. 1814,673
    4. 180922,180923
    5. v-C,Vqw3ms
    6. S
    7. -
    8. 125039
    1. Boˊaz
    2. -
    3. 1141
    4. 180924
    5. s-Np
    6. -
    7. Person=Boaz
    8. 125040
    1. in/on day
    2. -
    3. 821,3123
    4. 180925,180926
    5. -R,Ncmsc
    6. -
    7. -
    8. 125041
    1. buy you
    2. -
    3. 6479
    4. 180928,180929
    5. vs-Vqc,Sp2ms
    6. -
    7. -
    8. 125043
    1. the field
    2. -
    3. 1723,7544
    4. 180930,180931
    5. -Td,Ncmsa
    6. -
    7. -
    8. 125044
    1. from hand
    2. -
    3. 3728,2971
    4. 180932,180933
    5. -R,Ncbsc
    6. -
    7. -
    8. 125045
    1. of Nāˊₒmī
    2. -
    3. 4922
    4. 180934
    5. -Np
    6. -
    7. -
    8. 125046
    1. and from
    2. -
    3. 1814,3728,350
    4. 180935,180936,180937
    5. -C,R,To
    6. -
    7. -
    8. 125047
    1. Rūt
    2. -
    3. 6893
    4. 180938
    5. -Np
    6. -
    7. Person=Ruth
    8. 125048
    1. the Mōʼāⱱitess
    2. -
    3. 1723,4482
    4. 180939,180940
    5. -Td,Ngfsa
    6. -
    7. -
    8. 125049
    1. the wife
    2. -
    3. 298
    4. 180941
    5. -Ncfsc
    6. -
    7. -
    8. 125050
    1. the dead
    2. -
    3. 1723,4539
    4. 180943,180944
    5. -Td,Vqrmsa
    6. -
    7. -
    8. 125052
    1. you have acquired
    2. -
    3. K
    4. 180945
    5. -Vqp1cs
    6. -
    7. -
    8. 125053
    1. in order to maintain
    2. -
    3. 6479
    4. 180947,180948
    5. v-R,Vhc
    6. -
    7. -
    8. 125055
    1. the name
    2. -
    3. 3430,6550
    4. 180949
    5. v-Ncmsc
    6. -
    7. -
    8. 125056
    1. the dead
    2. -
    3. 7114
    4. 180951,180952
    5. -Td,Vqrmsa
    6. -
    7. -
    8. 125058
    1. over
    2. -
    3. 1723,4539
    4. 180953
    5. -R
    6. -
    7. -
    8. 125059
    1. inheritance his
    2. inherit
    3. 5427
    4. 180955,180956
    5. -Ncfsc,Sp3ms
    6. -
    7. -
    8. 125061

OET (OET-LV)And_he/it_said Boˊaz in/on_day buy_you the_field from_hand of_Nāˊₒ and_from Rūt the_Mōʼāⱱitess the_wife the_dead you_have_acquired[fn] in_order_to_maintain the_name the_dead over inheritance_his.


4:5 Variant note: קניתי: (x-qere) ’קָנִ֔יתָה’: lemma_7069 n_0.1 morph_HVqp2ms id_08cqw קָנִ֔יתָה

OET (OET-RV)“When you buy the land from Naomi,” Boaz continued, “you will also need to marry Ruth, our deceased relative’s widow from Moab, so that she’ll have a son who will inherit the property and continue Elimelek’s family line.”

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

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