Talmud for Ruth 1:12
שֹׁ֤בְנָה בְנֹתַי֙ לֵ֔כְןָ כִּ֥י זָקַ֖נְתִּי מִהְי֣וֹת לְאִ֑ישׁ כִּ֤י אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ יֶשׁ־לִ֣י תִקְוָ֔ה גַּ֣ם הָיִ֤יתִי הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ לְאִ֔ישׁ וְגַ֖ם יָלַ֥דְתִּי בָנִֽים׃
Turn back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say: I have hope, should I even have an husband to-night, and also bear sons;
Tractate Soferim
The following are written with a he which is not pronounced: when I saw;25Josh. 7, 21, written wa’er’eh and read wa’erë’. and I brought;26ibid. XXIV, 8, written wa’abih and read wa’abi. the lion272 Sam. 23, 20, written ha’aryeh and read ha’ari. in the Book of Samuel;28This excludes the parallel passage in 1 Chron. 11, 22 where ha’ari is both written and read. was he found;29Jer. 48, 27, written nimẓa’ah but the reading is nimẓa’. and … saw;30ibid. III, 7, written wattir’eh and read watter’ë’. this [city];31ibid. XXVI, 6, written hazzothah and read hazzoth. evil;32Micah 3, 2, written ra‘ah and read ra‘. [the] evil;33Jer. 18, 10, written hara‘ah and read hara‘. gone down;34ibid. XV, 9, written ba’ah and read ba’. and he shall come;35ibid. XLIII, 11, written uba’ah and read uba’. and a line;361 Kings 7, 23, written weḳaweh and read weḳaw. and a line;37Zech. 1, 16, as in the preceding note. thoroughly;38V incorrectly gives the keyword as wera‘. Ps. 51, 4, written harbeh and read hereb. them that love me;39Prov. 8, 17, written ’ohabehah and read ’ohabai. and … friend;40ibid. XXVII, 10, written were‘eh and read were‘a. deal;41Ruth 1, 8, written ya‘aseh and read ya‘as. open;42Dan. 9, 18, written piḳḥah and read peḳaḥ. a lion;43Lam. 3, 10, written ’aryeh and read ’ari. V incorrectly connects this with the next word joining them together as one. these;44Ezra 5, 15, written ’elleh and read ’el. venison.45V incorrectly reads ẓur. Gen. 27, 3, written ẓedah and read ẓayid.
The reverse is the case with the following:46In the preceding a written he is not pronounced, but the following are spelt without a he which is to be pronounced. and multiplied;47Josh. 24, 3, written wa’ereb and read wa’arbeh. on the housetop;481 Sam. 9, 26, written haggag and read haggagah. and they;492 Sam. 21, 9, written wehem and read wehemmah. be he;501 Kings 1, 37, written yehi and read yihyeh. and … shal be;512 Kings 9, 37, written wehayath and read wehayethah. and behold;52Isa. 41, 23, written wenerë and read wenireh. behold;53ibid. LIV, 16, written hen and read hinneh. planted;54In Jer. 17, 8, referring to yireh (shall … see) which is spelt without the final hei. Gedaliah;55ibid. XL, 16, referring to ta‘aseh (do) which is without the final hei. and … she doted;56Ezek. 23, 16, written watta‘gob and read watta‘gebah. the measure;57ibid. XLV, 3, where ḥamesh (five) is written and ḥamishshah read. and I shall be glorified;58Hag. 1, 8, written we’ekkabed and read we’ekkabedah. three;59In Prov. 30, 18, we’arba‘ (yea, four) is written and we’arba‘ah read. she considereth;60ibid. XXXI, 16, naṭa‘ (planteth) is written and naṭ‘ah read. she perceiveth;61ibid. 18, ballayil (by night) is written and ballayelah read. arise;62In Lam. 2, 19, the same variant occurs as in the preceding. remember;63ibid. V, 1, habbeṭ (behold) is written and habbiṭah read. turn Thou us;64ibid. 21, wenashub (and we shall be turned) is written and wenashubah read. thou hast declared;651 Sam XXIV, 19, we’at is written and we’attah read. thou … hast cursed;66Eccles. 7, 22, where the same variant occurs as in the preceding. Thou hast set;67Ps. 90, 8, written shatta and read shattah. Thou hast made;68Neh. 9, 6, written ’at and read ’attah. is sore affrighted;69In Ps. 6, 4 the same variant occurs as in the preceding. the carved work thereof;70ibid. LXXIV, 6, written we‘at and read we‘attah. with her harlotries;71In Ezek. 23, 43, written ‘at and read ‘attah. turn back;72In Ruth 1, 12, lekna (go your way) omits the final hei. disclose;73ibid. IV, 4, where we’eda‘ (that I may know) is written and read we’ede‘ah. Thou [hast] made an hedge;74In Job 1, 10, ’at (Thou) is written and ’attah read. and [he] saw.75ibid. XLII, 16, written wayyar and read wayyireh.
The reverse is the case with the following:46In the preceding a written he is not pronounced, but the following are spelt without a he which is to be pronounced. and multiplied;47Josh. 24, 3, written wa’ereb and read wa’arbeh. on the housetop;481 Sam. 9, 26, written haggag and read haggagah. and they;492 Sam. 21, 9, written wehem and read wehemmah. be he;501 Kings 1, 37, written yehi and read yihyeh. and … shal be;512 Kings 9, 37, written wehayath and read wehayethah. and behold;52Isa. 41, 23, written wenerë and read wenireh. behold;53ibid. LIV, 16, written hen and read hinneh. planted;54In Jer. 17, 8, referring to yireh (shall … see) which is spelt without the final hei. Gedaliah;55ibid. XL, 16, referring to ta‘aseh (do) which is without the final hei. and … she doted;56Ezek. 23, 16, written watta‘gob and read watta‘gebah. the measure;57ibid. XLV, 3, where ḥamesh (five) is written and ḥamishshah read. and I shall be glorified;58Hag. 1, 8, written we’ekkabed and read we’ekkabedah. three;59In Prov. 30, 18, we’arba‘ (yea, four) is written and we’arba‘ah read. she considereth;60ibid. XXXI, 16, naṭa‘ (planteth) is written and naṭ‘ah read. she perceiveth;61ibid. 18, ballayil (by night) is written and ballayelah read. arise;62In Lam. 2, 19, the same variant occurs as in the preceding. remember;63ibid. V, 1, habbeṭ (behold) is written and habbiṭah read. turn Thou us;64ibid. 21, wenashub (and we shall be turned) is written and wenashubah read. thou hast declared;651 Sam XXIV, 19, we’at is written and we’attah read. thou … hast cursed;66Eccles. 7, 22, where the same variant occurs as in the preceding. Thou hast set;67Ps. 90, 8, written shatta and read shattah. Thou hast made;68Neh. 9, 6, written ’at and read ’attah. is sore affrighted;69In Ps. 6, 4 the same variant occurs as in the preceding. the carved work thereof;70ibid. LXXIV, 6, written we‘at and read we‘attah. with her harlotries;71In Ezek. 23, 43, written ‘at and read ‘attah. turn back;72In Ruth 1, 12, lekna (go your way) omits the final hei. disclose;73ibid. IV, 4, where we’eda‘ (that I may know) is written and read we’ede‘ah. Thou [hast] made an hedge;74In Job 1, 10, ’at (Thou) is written and ’attah read. and [he] saw.75ibid. XLII, 16, written wayyar and read wayyireh.
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