Ruth 1:11 KJV

And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

Thou and Ye

  • ye, your more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Naomi returns homeNaomi began to think of returning, after the death of her two sons. When death comes into a family, it ought to reform what is amiss there. Earth is made...

Cross References

  • Deuteronomy 25:5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
  • Genesis 38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

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Bible Dictionary

  • NaomiThe lovable; my delight, the wife of Elimelech, and mother of Mahlon and Chilion, and mother-in-law of Ruth (Ruth 1:2, Ruth 1:20, Ruth...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And Naomi נָעֳמִי nāʿŏmî נׇעֳמִי Proper name
  • said וַתֹּאמֶר wattōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person feminine singular · with and
  • Turn again שֹׁבְנָה šōbĕnâ שׁוּב Verb · qal imperative, second person feminine plural
  • my daughters בְנֹתַי bĕnōtay בַּת Noun · feminine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
  • why will ye go לָמָּה lāmmâ Interrogative · with preposition תֵלַכְנָה tēlaknâ יָלַךְ Verb · qal imperfect, second person feminine plural
  • with me? are there yet any more sons עִמִּי ʿimmî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular הַעוֹד haʿôd Adverb · with question לִי lî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular בָנִים bānîm בֵּן Noun · masculine plural
  • in my womb בְּמֵעַי bĕmēʿay מֵעֶה Noun · masculine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: first person common singular
  • that they may be your husbands וְהָיוּ wĕhāyû Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person common plural · with and לָכֶם lākem Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural לַאֲנָשִׁים laʾănāšîm Noun · masculine plural · with preposition אֱנוֹשׁ ʼĕnôwsh

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