Toon Theology

Famine drives a family out of Bethlehem into Moab

Ruth 1:1-2 · 20 of 25intermediate

TheophilusFamine drives a family out of Bethlehem into Moab
[DRAFT] In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine, and a man of Bethlehem went to live in the country of Moab.Ruth 1:1-2

Ruth 1:1intermediate

וַwa-andיְהִ֗יyəhîbeבִּbi-inימֵי֙ymēydayשְׁפֹ֣טšəpōṭjudgeהַha-theשֹּׁפְטִ֔יםšōpəṭîmjudgeוַwa-andיְהִ֥יyəhîbeרָעָ֖בrāʿābhungerבָּbā-in-theאָ֑רֶץʾāreṣearthוַwa-andיֵּ֨לֶךְyēlekwalkאִ֜ישׁʾîšmanמִmi-fromבֵּ֧ית לֶ֣חֶםbēytleḥemBethlehemיְהוּדָ֗הyəhūdāhJudahלָlā-toגוּר֙gūrdwellבִּbi-inשְׂדֵ֣יśədēyopen fieldמֹואָ֔בmôʾābMoabה֥וּאhūʾheוְwə-andאִשְׁתֹּ֖וʾišttôwomanוּū-andשְׁנֵ֥יšənēytwoבָנָֽיוbānāywson
Read aloud — modern Israeli pronunciation, not reconstructed Biblical. Good for hearing the consonants and the shape of the word; it ignores the cantillation.
KJVNow it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

Vocabulary — 1 word(s) occurring 50 times or fewer

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Ruth 1:2advanced

וְwə-andשֵׁ֣םšēmnameהָhā-theאִ֣ישׁʾîšmanאֱֽלִימֶ֡לֶךְʾĕlîmelekElimelechוְwə-andשֵׁם֩šēmnameאִשְׁתֹּ֨וʾišttôwomanנָעֳמִ֜יnāʿŏmîNaomiוְwə-andשֵׁ֥םšēmnameשְׁנֵֽיšənēytwoבָנָ֣יוbānāywsonמַחְלֹ֤וןmaḥlônMahlonוְwə-andכִלְיֹון֙kilyônKilionאֶפְרָתִ֔יםʾeprātîmEphrathiteמִmi-fromבֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶםbēytleḥemBethlehemיְהוּדָ֑הyəhūdāhJudahוַwa-andיָּבֹ֥אוּyābōʾūcomeשְׂדֵיśədēyopen fieldמֹואָ֖בmôʾābMoabוַwa-andיִּֽהְיוּyihyūbeשָֽׁםšāmthere
Read aloud — modern Israeli pronunciation, not reconstructed Biblical. Good for hearing the consonants and the shape of the word; it ignores the cantillation.
KJVAnd the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

Vocabulary — 6 word(s) occurring 50 times or fewer

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