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And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law. (KJV)
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וַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.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 3:17 word 1
שֵׁשׁ\־shesh-[the] six
Lemma: שֵׁשׁ (shesh) · Strong's: H8337
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: six
Used 215 times. Also: Genesis 7:6, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:13, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 30:20, Genesis 31:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8337; TAHOT Ruth 3:17 word 2
הַשְּׂעֹרִ֥יםha.se.'o.Rimthe barley<s>
Lemma: שְׂעֹרָה (se.o.rah) · Strong's: H8184
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: barley
Used 34 times. Also: Exodus 9:31, Leviticus 27:16, Numbers 5:15, Deuteronomy 8:8, Judges 7:13, Ruth 1:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8184; TAHOT Ruth 3:17 word 3
הָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> these
Lemma: אֵ֫לֶּה (el.leh) · Strong's: H0428
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: these
Used 745 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0428; TAHOT Ruth 3:17 word 4
נָ֣תַןNa.tanhe gave
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Ruth 3:17 word 5
כִּ֚יkifor
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 3:17 word 6
אַל\־'al-may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Ruth 3:17 word 7
תָּב֥וֹאִיta.Vo.'iyou go
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqj2fs)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Ruth 3:17 word 8
רֵיקָ֖םrei.Kamempty
Lemma: רֵיקָם (re.qam) · Strong's: H7387
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: emptily
Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 31:42, Exodus 3:21, Exodus 23:15, Exodus 34:20, Deuteronomy 15:13, Deuteronomy 16:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7387; TAHOT Ruth 3:17 word 9
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
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 3:17 word 10
חֲמוֹתֵֽךְ\׃cha.mo.Tekhmother-in-law your
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And she said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| He gave | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| me | → | |
| these | → | אֵ֫לֶּה H0428 these |
| six | → | שֵׁשׁ H8337 six |
| measures of barley | → | שְׂעֹרָה H8184 barley |
| for | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| he said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| go back | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| your mother-in-law | → | חֲמוֹת H2545 mother-in-law |
| empty-handed | → | רֵיקָם H7387 emptily |
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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