8. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ruth 1:8:1 ⧉וַתֹּ֤אמֶרvatomerand she said Ruth 1:8:2 ⧉נָעֳמִי֙naomiNaomi Ruth 1:8:3 ⧉לִשְׁתֵּ֣יlishteito {the} two of Ruth 1:8:4 ⧉כַלֹּתֶ֔יהָkhalotehaher daughters-in-law Ruth 1:8:5 ⧉לֵ֣כְנָהlekhnago {you plural, feminine} Ruth 1:8:6 ⧉שֹּׁ֔בְנָהshovehnareturn {you plural, feminine} Ruth 1:8:7 ⧉אִשָּׁ֖הishaa woman, each {one} Ruth 1:8:8 ⧉לְבֵ֣יתleveitto {the} house of Ruth 1:8:9 ⧉אִמָּ֑הּimaher mother Ruth 1:8:10 ⧉יעשהyaasemay he do Ruth 1:8:11 ⧉יַ֣עַשׂyaasmay he do Ruth 1:8:12 ⧉יְהוָ֤הyahwehthe LORD Ruth 1:8:13 ⧉עִמָּכֶם֙imakhemwith you {plural masculine} Ruth 1:8:14 ⧉חֶ֔סֶדkhesedkindness, covenant loyalty Ruth 1:8:15 ⧉כַּאֲשֶׁ֧רkaasheras, just as Ruth 1:8:16 ⧉עֲשִׂיתֶ֛םasitemyou did {plural masculine} Ruth 1:8:17 ⧉עִם־הַמֵּתִ֖יםimhametimwith the dead {ones} Ruth 1:8:18 ⧉וְעִמָּדִֽי׃veimadiand with me |
8. Formal Translation And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go—turn back, each of you, to your mother’s house. May the LORD {Yahweh, Kindness Giver} show loyal kindness to you, just as you have shown it to the dead and to me.” |
8. Dynamic Translation Naomi told her daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home. May the LORD {Yahweh, Compassionate Provider} repay you with the same lovingkindness you showed to your deceased husbands and to me.” |