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Ruth 4:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3947 took ותקח

H5281 And Naomi נעמי

H853 את

H3206 the child הילד

H7896 and laid ותשׁתהו

H2436 it in her bosom בחיקה

H1961 and became ותהי

H539 nurse לו לאמנת׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H5281 Naomi

H3947 took

the

H3206 child

and

H7896 laid

her

H2436 bosom

and

H1961 became

H539 nurse

unto

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H539

Hebrew: אָמַן

Transliteration: ʼâman

Pronunciation: aw-man'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: hence {assurance} {believe} bring {up} {establish} + {fail} be faithful (of long {continuance} {stedfast} {sure} {surely} {trusty} {verified}) {nurse} (-ing {father}) ({put}) {trust} turn to the right.

Definition:

properly to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or {faithful} to trust or {believe} to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (in ; by interchange for H541) to go to the right hand

1. to support, confirm, be faithful

a. (Qal)

1. to support, confirm, be faithful, uphold, nourish 1a

b. foster-father (subst.) 1a

c. foster-mother, nurse 1a

d. pillars, supporters of the door

e. (Niphal)

1. to be established, be faithful, be carried, make firm 1b

f. to be carried by a nurse 1b

g. made firm, sure, lasting 1b

h. confirmed, established, sure 1b

i. verified, confirmed 1b

j. reliable, faithful, trusty

k. (Hiphil)

1. to stand firm, to trust, to be certain, to believe in 1c

l. stand firm 1c

m. trust, believe

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906