Ruth 1:12
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
תִּקְוָה
is hope
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תִּקְוָה
Hope, expectation. Tiqvah. A cord stretched taut with expectation. The same word as the scarlet cord Rahab hung from her window. God gives you a cord to hold.
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כִּי
if
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כִּי
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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בֵּן
sons
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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שׁוּב
go back
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שׁוּב
To return, to turn back. Shuwb. The Hebrew word behind both repentance and restoration. Return to Me and I will return to you.
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יָלַד
I bore
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יָלַד
Begotten, born — yalad; to bring forth; Psalm 2:7 Today I have begotten You points directly to the resurrection of Christ
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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בַּת
O daughters/ my
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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יֵשׁ
there
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יֵשׁ
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
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זָקֵן
I am too old
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זָקֵן
to be old
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