King James Version

Ruth 1:14

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

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וַתִּשֶּׂ֣נָהvatisenahand lift upנָשָׂאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and lift up”, the next action in the storyH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…קוֹלָ֔ןqolansoundקוֹלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ינָהvativkeynahand weepבָּכָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and weep”, the next action in the storyH1058to weep; generally to bemoan[idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.ע֑וֹדodagainעוֹדadverb — “again”H5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, moreagain, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).וַתִּשַּׁ֤קvatishaqand kissנָשַׁקconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and kiss”, the next action in the storyH5401to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weaponsarmed (men), rule, kiss, that touched.עָרְפָּה֙arepahOrpahעׇרְפָּהnoun, proper name — “Orpah”H6204Orpah, a MoabitesOrpah.לַחֲמוֹתָ֔הּlachamotahto mother in lawחֲמוֹתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to mother in law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2545a mother-in-lawmother in law.וְר֖וּתverutand Ruthרוּתconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Ruth”H7327Ruth, a MoabitessRuth.דָּ֥בְקָהdaveqahabide fastדָּבַקverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “abide fast”, a completed actionH1692properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuitabide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.בָּֽהּbahinבָּֽהּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in”in

Jewish translation (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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American Standard Version (1901)

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they lift up their voice, and weep again, and Orpah kisseth her mother-in-law, and Ruth hath cleaved to her.

World English Bible

They lifted up their voices and wept again; then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth stayed with her.

Darby Translation

And they lifted up their voice and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave to her.

Douay-Rheims

And they lifted up their voice, and began to weep again: Orpha kissed her mother in law and returned: Ruth stuck close to her mother in law.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpha kissed her mother-in-law and returned to her people; but Ruth followed her.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπῇραν τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔκλαυσαν ἔτι· καὶ κατεφίλησεν Ὀρφὰ τὴν πενθερὰν αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν εἰς τὸν λαὸν αὐτῆς· Ῥοὺθ δὲ ἠκολούθησεν αὐτῇ.