What Does Ruth 4:15 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“And he shall be unto thee a restorer”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

“of thy life”

properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

“and a nourisher”

properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“of thine old age”

old age

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“for thy daughter in law”

a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“which loveth”

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

“hath born”

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“thee which is better”

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good

“to thee than seven”

seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number

“sons”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or