Ruth 4:11
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And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth–lehem:“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
In other translations
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth–lehem:“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559כָּל־kol-allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834בַּשַּׁעַרbasha'ar[was] at the gateH8179וְהַזְּקֵנִיםvehazekenimand the eldersH2205עֵדִים'edim[we are] witnessesH5707יִתֵּןyitenmay he makeH5414יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאִשָּׁהha'ishahthe womanH802הַבָּאָהhaba'ahwho is about to comeH935אֶל־'el-intoH413בֵּיתֶךָbeitekhahouse yourH1004כְּרָחֵל׀kerachellike RachelH7354וּכְלֵאָהukhele'ahand like LeahH3812אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834בָּנוּbanuthey builtH1129שְׁתֵּיהֶםsheteihem[the] two of themH8147אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בֵּיתbeit[the] house ofH1004יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478וַעֲשֵׂה־va'aseh-and makeH6213חַיִלchayilwealthH2428בְּאֶפְרָתָהbe'efratahin EphrathahH672וּקְרָא־ukera'-and proclaimH7121שֵׁםshema nameH8034בְּבֵיתbeveitin Beth-H1035לָחֶם׃lachem-lehemH1035
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