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Ruth 4:10
“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.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H1571 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
- Derivation
- by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather;
- KJV renderings
- again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- גַ֣ם — particle (affirmation)
- Usage
- Occurs 769 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:6Genesis 3:22Genesis 4:4Genesis 4:22Genesis 4:26
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גַּם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.