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In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

בַּיָּמִ֣ים (בַּ) ba “in the”בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעֵינָ֖יו (בְּ) be. “in”

And it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man went from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

בִּימֵי֙ (בִּ) bi. “in”בָּאָ֑רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”בִּשְׂדֵ֣י (בִּ) bi “in”

And she arose, she and her daughters-in-law, and returned from the fields of Moab; for she had heard in the fields of Moab how that Jehovah had visited his people to give them bread.

בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה (בִּ) bi “in”

Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she had been, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.

בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ (בַ) va. “on the”

And Naomi said, Return, my daughters: why will ye go with me? Are there yet sons in my womb, that they could be your husbands?

בְּֽמֵעַ֔י (בְּֽ) be. “in”

would ye wait on that account till they were grown? Would ye stay on that account from having husbands? No, my daughters, for I am in much more bitterness than you; for the hand of Jehovah is gone out against me.

בִ֖י (בִ֖) v “on <the>”

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

בָּֽהּ׃ (בָּֽ) Ba “to”

And Ruth said, Do not intreat me to leave thee, to return from [ergänzt: 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;

בִ֔י (בִ֔) V “<on> <the>”וּבַאֲשֶׁ֤ר (בַ) va. “at”

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

בַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (בַּ) ba. “at”

I went out full, and Jehovah has brought me home again empty. Why do ye call me Naomi, seeing Jehovah has brought me low, and the Almighty has afflicted me?

בִ֔י (בִ֔) V “against <the>”

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

בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת (בִּ) bi “at”

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

בַשִׁבֳּלִ֔ים (בַ) va. “among the”בְּעֵינָ֑יו (בְּ) be. “in”

And she went; and she came and gleaned in the fields after the reapers; and she chanced to light on an allotment of Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

and she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers. And she came, and has continued from the morning until now: her sitting in the house has been little as yet.

בָֽעֳמָרִ֔ים (בָֽ) vo. “among the”

And Boaz said to Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from here, but keep here with my maidens.

בְּשָׂדֶ֣ה (בְּ) be. “in”

Let thine eyes be on the field which is being reaped, and go thou after them; have I not charged the young men not to touch thee? And when thou art athirst, go to the vessels and drink of what the young men draw.

בַּשָּׂדֶ֤ה (בַּ) ba. “[be] on the”

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favour in thine eyes, that thou shouldest regard me, seeing I am a foreigner?

בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

And she said, Let me find favour in thine eyes, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly to thy handmaid, though I am not like one of thy handmaidens.

בְּעֵינֶ֤יךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Boaz said to her at mealtime, Come hither and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers; and he reached her parched corn, and she ate and was sufficed, and reserved [ergänzt: some].

בַּחֹ֑מֶץ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And ye shall also sometimes draw out for her [ergänzt: some ears] out of the handfuls, and leave them that she may glean, and rebuke her not.

בָֽהּ׃ (בָֽ) Va “<in> <the>”

And she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out what she had gleaned; and it was about an ephah of barley.

בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

בָ֖ךְ (בָ֖) va “<in> <the>”בְּשָׂדֶ֥ה (בְּ) be. “in”

So she kept with the maidens of Boaz to glean, until the end of the barley-harvest and of the wheat-harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

בְּנַעֲר֥וֹת (בְּ) be. “with”

And it shall be, when he lies down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall have lain down, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thyself down; and he will shew thee what thou shalt do.

בְשָׁכְב֗וֹ (בְ) ve. “when”

And Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was merry, and he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn. Then she went softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid herself down.

בִּקְצֵ֣ה (בִּ) bi “at”בַלָּ֔ט (בַ) va. “in <the>”