Ruth 1:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,

Young's Literal Translation
Turn back, my daughters, go, for I am too aged to be to a husband; though I had said, There is for me hope, also, I have been to-night to a husband, and also I have borne sons:

King James Bible
Turn again, my daughters, go [your way]; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, [if] I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

Hebrew
Return home,
שֹׁ֤בְנָה (šō·ḇə·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine plural
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

my daughters.
בְנֹתַי֙ (ḇə·nō·ṯay)
Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1323: A daughter

Go on,
לֵ֔כְןָ (lê·ḵə·nā)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I am too old
זָקַ֖נְתִּי (zā·qan·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2204: To be or become old

to have
מִהְי֣וֹת (mih·yō·wṯ)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

another husband.
לְאִ֑ישׁ (lə·’îš)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

Even if
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I thought
אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ (’ā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

there was
יֶשׁ־ (yeš-)
Adverb
Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is

hope
תִקְוָ֔ה (ṯiq·wāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8615: A cord, expectancy

for me
לִ֣י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

to have
הָיִ֤יתִי (hā·yî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a husband
לְאִ֔ישׁ (lə·’îš)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

tonight
הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ (hal·lay·lāh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

and
גַּ֣ם (gam)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

to bear
יָלַ֥דְתִּי (yā·laḏ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

sons,
בָנִֽים׃ (ḇā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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