Word meanings
Strong's dictionary
a primitive root; to 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) wise.
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Ruth 1:3 וַיָּ֥מָת vai.Ya.mot · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.
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Ruth 1:5 וַיָּמ֥וּתוּ vai.ya.Mu.tu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them
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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Ruth 1:8 הַמֵּתִ֖ים ha.me.Tim · An -ing word: simple action
And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother's house: Jehovah deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
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Ruth 1:17 תָּמ֙וּתִי֙ ta.Mu.ti · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you
where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
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Ruth 1:17 אָמ֔וּת 'a.Mut · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me
where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
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Ruth 2:20 הַמֵּתִ֑ים ha.me.Tim · An -ing word: simple action
And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of Jehovah, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is nigh of kin unto us, one of our near kinsmen.
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Ruth 4:5 הַמֵּת֙ ha.Met · An -ing word: simple action
Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
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Ruth 4:5 הַמֵּ֖ת ha.Met · An -ing word: simple action
Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
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Ruth 4:10 הַמֵּת֙ ha.Met · An -ing word: simple action
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
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Ruth 4:10 הַמֵּ֛ת ha.Met · An -ing word: simple action
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

