Ruth 1:20

Bible › Ruth › Chapter 1 › Verse 20

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.

In other translations

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.

Hebrew words

וַתֹּאמֶרvatomerand she saidH559אֲלֵיהֶן'aleihento themH413אַל־'al-may notH408תִּקְרֶאנָהtikrenahyou callH7121לִיli<to> <the> meנָעֳמִיno'omiNaomiH5281קְרֶאןָkerenacallH7121לִיli<to> <the> meמָרָאmara'MaraH4755כִּי־ki-forH3588הֵמַרhemarhe has caused bitternessH4843שַׁדַּיshadai[the] AlmightyH7706לִיlito <the> meמְאֹד׃me'odexceedinglyH3966

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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