King James Version

Ruth 4:21

And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

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וְשַׂלְמוֹן֙vesalmonand Salmon. Compare H8009שַׂלְמוֹןconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Salmon. Compare H8009”H8012Salmon, an IsraeliteSalmon. Compare H8009 (שַׂלְמָה).הוֹלִ֣ידholidbearיָלַדverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).בֹּ֔עַזboazBoazבֹּעַזnoun, proper name — “Boaz”H1162Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the templeBoaz.וּבֹ֖עַזuvoazand Boazבֹּעַזconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Boaz”H1162Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the templeBoaz.הוֹלִ֥ידholidbearיָלַדverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).עוֹבֵֽדovedObedעוֹבֵדnoun, proper name — “Obed”H5744Obed, the name of five IsraelitesObed.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed;

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American Standard Version (1901)

and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

Young’s Literal Translation

and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

World English Bible

and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,

Darby Translation

and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed,

Douay-Rheims

Salmon begot Booz, Booz begot Obed,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Salmon begot Booz; and Booz begot Obed.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ Σαλμὼν ἐγέννησε τὸν Βοόζ· καὶ Βοὸζ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ὠβήδ·