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title: רוּת — Ruth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רוּת (7327), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Ruth. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. Ruth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רוּת

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«רוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ruth** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** 7327 · **BDB:** רוּת²

### Glosses

Ruth (10); \[am\].Ruth (1); \[was\].Ruth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ruth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7327/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. Ruth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7327/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. Ruth (for רְעוּת, i.e. friendship, Syriac ܪܥܽܘܬ, Thes LagBN 84, 156; Or. ii. 41 Kö ii. 1, 481);—Moabitess, ancestress of David, Ru 1:4, 14, 16, 22; 2:2, 8, 21, 22; 3:9; 4:5, 10, 13; Ρουθ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7327/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ruth 1:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.1.14/)

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וַתִּשֶּׂ֣נָה קוֹלָ֔ן וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ינָה ע֑וֹד וַתִּשַּׁ֤ק עָרְפָּה֙ לַחֲמוֹתָ֔הּ וְר֖וּת דָּ֥בְקָה בָּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.raised voice their and they.wept again and she.kissed Orpah (to) mother-in-law her and Ruth she.clung to her

*JPS 1917:* And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth cleaved unto her.

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[Ruth 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.3.9/)

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וַיֹּ֖אמֶר מִי־אָ֑תּוַתֹּ֗אמֶר אָנֹכִי֙ ר֣וּת אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ֤ כְנָפֶ֙ךָ֙ עַל־אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔ כִּ֥י גֹאֵ֖ל אָֽתָּה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said who? \[are\].you and she.said I \[am\].Ruth maidservant your and you.will.spread.out skirt your over maidservant your (dm) \[are\].a.kinsman-redeemer you

*JPS 1917:* And he said: 'Who art thou?' And she answered: 'I am Ruth thine handmaid; spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.'

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