H9002–/וְ–v

And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law: 'Go, return each of you to her mother's house; the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

וְעִמָּדִֽי׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.' Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

וּמְצֶ֣אןָ (וּ) u. “and”

Turn back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say: I have hope, should I even have an husband to-night, and also bear sons;

וְגַ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth cleaved unto her.

וְר֖וּת (וְ) ve. “and”

And she said: 'Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god; return thou after thy sister-in-law.'

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Ruth said: 'Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God;

וּבַאֲשֶׁ֤ר (וּ) u. “and”וֵאלֹהַ֖יִךְ (וֵ) ve. “and”

where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.'

וְשָׁ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֹ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵינֵֽךְ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me back home empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?'

וְרֵיקָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽיהוָה֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וְשַׁדַּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the field of Moab--and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

וְר֨וּת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵ֗מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of valour, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

וּֽלְנָעֳמִ֞י (וּֽ) u. “and”וּשְׁמ֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi: 'Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find favour.' And she said unto her: 'Go, my daughter.'

וַאֲלַקֳטָּ֣ה (וַ) va. “so”

And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers: 'The LORD be with you.' And they answered him: 'The LORD bless thee.'

וְהִנֵּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and she said: Let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves; so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, save that she tarried a little in the house.'

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then said Boaz unto Ruth: 'Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither pass from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens.

וְגַ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֹ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then she fell on her face, and bowed down to the ground, and said unto him: 'Why have I found favour in thy sight, that thou shouldest take cognizance of me, seeing I am a foreigner?'

וְאָּנֹכִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Boaz answered and said unto her: 'It hath fully been told me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people th

וְאִמֵּ֗ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶ֙רֶץ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

The LORD recompense thy work, and be thy reward complete from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.'

וּתְהִ֨י (וּ) u. “and”

Then she said: 'Let me find favour in thy sight, my LORD; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken to the heart of thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy handmaidens.'

וְכִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָנֹכִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying: 'Let her glean even among the sheaves, and put her not to shame.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And also pull out some for her of purpose from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not.'

וְגַ֛ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And her mother-in-law said unto her: 'Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee.' And she told her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said: 'The man's name with whom I wrought to-da

וְאָ֣נָה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law: 'Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off His kindness to the living and to the dead.' And Naomi said unto her: 'The man is nigh of kin unto us, one of our near kinsmen.'

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in-law: 'It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, and that thou be not met in any other field.'

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

וּקְצִ֣יר (וּ) u. “and”

And now is there not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”