King James Version

Ruth 1:5

And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

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וַיָּמ֥וּתוּvayamutvand dieמוּתconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and die”, the next action in the storyH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…גַםgamalsoגַּםadverb — “also”H1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...andagain, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.שְׁנֵיהֶ֖םsheneyhemtwoשְׁנַיִםadjective, cardinal, masculine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “two”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.מַחְל֣וֹןmachlonMahlonמַחְלוֹןnoun, proper name — “Mahlon”H4248Machlon, an IsraeliteMahlon.וְכִלְי֑וֹןvekhilyonand Chilionכִּלְיוֹןconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Chilion”H3630Kiljon, an IsraeliteChilion.וַתִּשָּׁאֵר֙vatishaerand leaveשָׁאַרconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and leave”, the next action in the storyH7604properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundantleave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.הָֽאִשָּׁ֔הhaishahthe eachאִשָּׁהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the each”, the ordinary formH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.מִשְּׁנֵ֥יmishnefrom twoשְׁנַיִםpreposition, adjective, cardinal, masculine, dual, construct — “from two”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.יְלָדֶ֖יהָyeladeyhachildיֶלֶדnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “child”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3206something born, i.e. a lad or offspringboy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).וּמֵאִישָֽׁהּumeishahand from a certainאִישׁconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and from a certain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they die also, both of them — Mahlon and Chilion — and the woman is left of her two children and of her husband.

World English Bible

Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.

Darby Translation

And Mahlon and Chilion died also, both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.

Douay-Rheims

And they both died, to wit, Mahalon and Chelion: and the woman was left alone, having lost both her sons and her husband.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And both Maalon and Chelaion died also; and the woman was left of her husband and her two sons.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπέθανον καί γε ἀμφότεροι Μααλὼν καὶ Χελαιών· καὶ κατελείφθη ἡ γυνὴ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν δύο υἱῶν αὐτῆς.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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