H9002–/וְ–v

So take a bath, and, after rubbing your body with sweet oil, put on your best robe, and go down to the grain-floor; but do not let him see you till he has come to the end of his meal.

וְלִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

But see to it, when he goes to rest, that you take note of the place where he is sleeping, and go in there, and, uncovering his feet, take your place by him; and he will say what you are to do.

וִיהִ֣י (וִ) vi. “and”וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now in the middle of the night, the man awaking from his sleep in fear, and lifting himself up, saw a woman stretched at his feet.

וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said, May the Lord give you his blessing, my daughter: even better than what you did at the first is this last kind act you have done, in not going after young men, with or without wealth.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And now, my daughter, have no fear; I will do for you whatever you say: for it is clear to all my townspeople that you are a woman of virtue.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Now it is true that I am a near relation: but there is a relation nearer than I.

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

Take your rest here tonight; and in the morning, if he will do for you what it is right for a relation to do, very well, let him do so: but if he will not, then by the living Lord I myself will do so.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said, Take your robe, stretching it out in your hands: and she did so, and he took six measures of grain and put them into it, and gave it her to take: and she went back to the town.

וְאֶֽחֳזִי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated.

וּבֹ֨עַז (וּ) u. “and”וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And it was in my mind to give you the chance of taking it, with the approval of those seated here and of the responsible men of my people. If you are ready to do what it is right for a relation to do, then do it: but if you will not do it, say so to me n

וַאֲנִ֨י (וַ) va. “and”וְנֶ֣גֶד (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵֽדְעָה֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וְאָנֹכִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Boaz said, On the day when you take this field, you will have to take with it Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, so that you may keep the name of the dead living in his heritage.

וּ֠מֵאֵת (וּ֠) U. “and”

Now, in earlier times this was the way in Israel when property was taken over by a near relation, or when there was a change of owner. To make the exchange certain one man took off his shoe and gave it to the other; and this was a witness in Israel.

וְזֹאת֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְזֹ֥את (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Boaz said to the responsible men and to all the people, You are witnesses today that I have taken at a price from Naomi all the property which was Elimelech's, and everything which was Chilion's and Mahlon's.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֛ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַחְל֑וֹן (וּ) u. “and”

And, further, I have taken Ruth, the Moabitess, who was the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, to keep the name of the dead man living in his heritage, so that his name may not be cut off from among his countrymen, and from the memory of his town: you are wi

וְגַ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשַּׁ֣עַר (וּ) u. “and”

And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you ha

וְהַזְּקֵנִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּכְלֵאָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲשֵׂה־ (וַ) va. “and”וּקְרָא־ (וּ) u. “and”

May your family be like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave to Judah, from the offspring which the Lord may give you by this young woman.

וִיהִ֤י (וִ) vi. “so”

And the women said to Naomi, A blessing on the Lord, who has not let you be this day without a near relation, and may his name be great in Israel.

וְיִקָּרֵ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

He will be a giver of new life to you, and your comforter when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who, in her love for you, is better than seven sons, has given birth to him.

וּלְכַלְכֵּ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”

Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron;

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab;

וְחֶצְרוֹן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon;

וְעַמִּֽינָדָב֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנַחְשׁ֖וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

And Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed;

וְשַׂלְמוֹן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֹ֖עַז (וּ) u. “and”

And Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.

וְעֹבֵד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִשַׁ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite of the hill-country of Ephraim, named Elkanah; he was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:

וּשְׁמ֡וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And he had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah: and Peninnah was the mother of children, but Hannah had no children.

וְלוֹ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְחַנָּ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”