Now it came to pass in the days
yowm (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
when the judges
shaphat (shaw-fat')
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate
ruled
shaphat (shaw-fat')
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate
that there was a famine
ra`ab (raw-awb')
hunger (more or less extensive) -- dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
in the land
'erets (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
And a certain man
'iysh (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
of Bethlehemjudah
Beyth Lechem (bayth leh'-khem)
house of bread; Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine -- Beth-lehem.
Yhuwdah (yeh-hoo-daw')
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory -- Judah.
went
yalak (yaw-lak')
to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses)
to sojourn
guwr (goor)
to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid)
in the country
sadeh (saw-deh')
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat) -- country, field, ground, land, soil, wild.
of Moab
Mow'ab (mo-awb)
from (her (the mother's) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants -- Moab.
he and his wife
'ishshah (ish-shaw')
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman
and his two
shnayim (shen-ah'-yim)
two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
sons
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
