Ruth 1:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”

Young's Literal Translation
Where thou diest I die, and there I am buried; thus doth Jehovah to me, and thus doth He add—for death itself doth part between me and thee.’

King James Bible
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, [if ought] but death part thee and me.

Hebrew
Where
בַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (ba·’ă·šer)
Preposition-b | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you die,
תָּמ֙וּתִי֙ (tā·mū·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

I will die,
אָמ֔וּת (’ā·mūṯ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

and there
וְשָׁ֖ם (wə·šām)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

I will be buried.
אֶקָּבֵ֑ר (’eq·qā·ḇêr)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6912: To inter

May the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

punish
כֹּה֩ (kōh)
Adverb
Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

me,
יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה (ya·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

and ever so
וְכֹ֣ה (wə·ḵōh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

severely,
יֹסִ֔יף (yō·sîp̄)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3254: To add, augment

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

anything but death
הַמָּ֔וֶת (ham·mā·weṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

separates
יַפְרִ֖יד (yap̄·rîḏ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6504: To break through, spread, separate

you
בֵּינִ֥י (bê·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

and me.”
וּבֵינֵֽךְ׃ (ū·ḇê·nêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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