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And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. (KJV)
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וַתֹּ֖אמֶרva.To.merand she said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Ruth 2:21 word 1
ר֣וּתrutRuth
הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֑הha.mo.'a.vi.Yahthe Moabite [woman]
Lemma: מוֹאָבִי (mo.a.vi) · Strong's: H4125
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNgfsa)
Meaning: Moabite
Used 16 times. Also: Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:29, Deuteronomy 23:3, Ruth 1:4, Ruth 1:22, Ruth 2:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4125; TAHOT Ruth 2:21 word 3
גַּ֣ם\׀gamalso
Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: also
Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Ruth 2:21 word 4
כִּי\־ki-that
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Ruth 2:21 word 5
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Ruth 2:21 word 6
אֵלַ֗י'e.Laito me
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Ruth 2:21 word 7
עִם\־'im-with
Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: with
Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Ruth 2:21 word 8
הַנְּעָרִ֤יםha.ne.'a.Rimthe servants
Lemma: נַ֫עַר (na.ar) · Strong's: H5288
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: youth
Used 239 times. Also: Genesis 14:24, Genesis 18:7, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:17, Genesis 21:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5288; TAHOT Ruth 2:21 word 9
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-who
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Ruth 2:21 word 10
תִּדְבָּקִ֔יןtid.ba.Kinyou will stay !
Lemma: דָּבַק (da.vaq) · Strong's: H1692
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqi2fs)
Meaning: to cleave
Used 54 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 31:23, Genesis 34:3, Numbers 36:7, Numbers 36:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1692; TAHOT Ruth 2:21 word 11
עַ֣ד'aduntil
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Ruth 2:21 word 12
אִם\־'im-<if>
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518J
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if: until
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 24:19, Genesis 28:15, Genesis 44:23, Genesis 47:18, Numbers 32:17, Deuteronomy 32:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518J; TAHOT Ruth 2:21 word 13
כִּלּ֔וּki.Luthey have completed
Lemma: כָּלָה (ka.lah) · Strong's: H3615G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)
Meaning: to end: finish
Used 104 times. Also: Genesis 2:1, Genesis 2:2, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 18:33, Genesis 24:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3615G; TAHOT Ruth 2:21 word 14
אֵ֥ת'et<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Ruth 2:21 word 15
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Ruth 2:21 word 16
הַקָּצִ֖ירha.ka.Tzirthe harvest
Lemma: קָצִיר (qa.tsir) · Strong's: H7105A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: harvest
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 8:22, Genesis 30:14, Genesis 45:6, Exodus 23:16, Exodus 34:21, Exodus 34:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7105A; TAHOT Ruth 2:21 word 17
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-which
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Ruth 2:21 word 18
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then Ruth | → | רוּת H7327 Ruth |
| the Moabitess | → | מוֹאָבִי H4125 Moabite |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| He also | → | גַּם H1571 also |
| . . . | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| told me | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| . . . | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| Stay | → | דָּבַק H1692 to cleave |
| with | → | עִם H5973A with |
| my young men | → | נַ֫עַר H5288 youth |
| until | → | עַד H5704 till |
| . . . | → | אִם H0518J if: until |
| they have finished gathering | → | כָּלָה H3615G to end: finish |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| my | → | |
| harvest | → | קָצִיר H7105A harvest |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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