22. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ruth 1:22:1 ⧉וַתָּ֣שָׁבvatashavand she returned Ruth 1:22:2 ⧉נָעֳמִ֗יnaomiNaomi Ruth 1:22:3 ⧉וְר֨וּתverutand Ruth Ruth 1:22:4 ⧉הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤הhamoaviyathe Moabitess Ruth 1:22:5 ⧉כַלָּתָהּ֙khalataher daughter-in-law Ruth 1:22:6 ⧉עִמָּ֔הּimmawith her Ruth 1:22:7 ⧉הַשָּׁ֖בָהhashavathe one returning Ruth 1:22:8 ⧉מִשְּׂדֵ֣יmisdefrom the fields of Ruth 1:22:9 ⧉מוֹאָ֑בmoavMoab Ruth 1:22:10 ⧉וְהֵ֗מָּהvehemaand they Ruth 1:22:11 ⧉בָּ֚אוּbaucame Ruth 1:22:12 ⧉בֵּ֣יתbethouse of Ruth 1:22:13 ⧉לֶ֔חֶםlekhembread Ruth 1:22:14 ⧉בִּתְחִלַּ֖תbitkhilatin the beginning of Ruth 1:22:15 ⧉קְצִ֥ירketsirharvest of Ruth 1:22:16 ⧉שְׂעֹרִֽים׃seorimbarley |
22. Formal Translation So Naomi returned, and with her was Ruth the Moabite woman, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the fields of Moab. They came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest. |
22. Dynamic Translation In this way Naomi returned home with her daughter-in-law, Ruth the Moabite, coming back from the farmlands of Moab. They arrived in Bethlehem just as the barley harvest was beginning. |