Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleIn the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab. Young's Literal Translation And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. King James Bible Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. Hebrew In the daysבִּימֵי֙ (bî·mê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3117: A day when the judges הַשֹּׁפְטִ֔ים (haš·šō·p̄ə·ṭîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate ruled, שְׁפֹ֣ט (šə·p̄ōṭ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate there was וַיְהִ֗י (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a famine רָעָ֖ב (rā·‘āḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7458: Famine, hunger in the land. בָּאָ֑רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land And a certain man אִ֜ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person from מִבֵּ֧ית (mib·bêṯ) Preposition Strong's Hebrew Bethlehem לֶ֣חֶם (le·ḥem) Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1035: Bethlehem -- 'place of bread', a city in Judah, also a city in Zebulun in Judah, יְהוּדָ֗ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites with his wife וְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ (wə·’iš·tōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female and two וּשְׁנֵ֥י (ū·šə·nê) Conjunctive waw | Number - mdc Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) sons, בָנָֽיו׃ (ḇā·nāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1121: A son went וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk to reside לָגוּר֙ (lā·ḡūr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1481: To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility in the land בִּשְׂדֵ֣י (biś·ḏê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 7704: Field, land of Moab. מוֹאָ֔ב (mō·w·’āḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4124: Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled |