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Ruth 1:21

I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

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אֲנִי֙animineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.מְלֵאָ֣הmeleahfullמָלֵאadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “full”, the ordinary formH4392full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully[idiom] she that was with child, fill(-ed, -ed with), full(-ly), multitude, as is worth.הָלַ֔כְתִּיhalakhtiwalkהָלַךְverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “walk”, a completed actionH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…וְרֵיקָ֖םvereyqamand without causeרֵיקָםconjunction, adverb — “and without cause”H7387emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedlywithout cause, empty, in vain, void.הֱשִׁיבַ֣נִיheshivaniagainשׁוּבverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “again”, a completed actionH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…יְהוָ֑הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).לָ֣מָּהlamahto howמָהpreposition, particle, interrogative — “to how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.תִקְרֶ֤אנָהtiqrenahcallקָרָאverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, feminine, plural — “call”, an unfinished actionH7121to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.לִי֙litoלִי֙preposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toנָעֳמִ֔יnaomiNaomiנׇעֳמִיnoun, proper name — “Naomi”H5281Noomi, an IsraelitessNaomi.וַֽיהוָה֙vayhvahand Jehovahיְהֹוָהconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).עָ֣נָהanahshoutעָנָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “shout”, a completed actionH6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announcegive account, afflict (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter,…בִ֔יviinבִ֔יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in”inוְשַׁדַּ֖יveshadayand Almightyשַׁדַּיconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Almighty”H7706the AlmightyAlmighty.הֵ֥רַֽעherabe worseרָעַעverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be worse”, a completed actionH7489properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), break (down, in pieces), [phrase] displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) il…לִֽיlitoלִֽיpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me back home empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

I went out full, and Jehovah hath brought me home again empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

Young’s Literal Translation

I went out full, and empty hath Jehovah brought me back, why do ye call me Naomi, and Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath done evil to me?'

World English Bible

I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”

Darby Translation

I went out full, and Jehovah has brought me home again empty. Why do ye call me Naomi, seeing Jehovah has brought me low, and the Almighty has afflicted me?

Douay-Rheims

I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me back empty. Why then do you call me Noemi, whom the Lord hath humbled and the Almighty hath afflicted?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me back home empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I went out full, and the Lord has brought me back empty: and why call ye me Noemin, whereas the Lord has humbled me, and the Mighty One has afflicted me?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγὼ πλήρης ἐπορεύθην, καὶ κενὴν ἀπέστρεψέ με ὁ Κύριος· καὶ ἱνατί καλεῖτέ με Νωεμὶν, καὶ Κύριος ἐταπείνωσέ με, καὶ ὁ ἱκανὸς ἐκάκωσέ με;