Ruth 3:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.”

Ruth 3:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ruth 3:1714 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/תֹּ֕אמֶרwatōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

שֵׁשׁšēš

six(-teenadjH8337

-teenth) · sixth

הַ/שְּׂעֹרִ֥יםhaśəʿōriym

barleyparticleH8184

הָ/אֵ֖לֶּהhāʾēleh

an- other; one sortparticleH428

so · some · such · them ···

נָ֣תַןnātan

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

לִ֑/יliy

pron

כִּ֚יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אָמַ֣רʾāmar

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אֵלַ֔/יʾēlay

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

אַלʾal

nayparticleH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תָּב֥וֹאִיtābwōʾiy

abideverbH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

רֵיקָ֖םrēyqām

without causeadvH7387

empty · in vain · void

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

חֲמוֹתֵֽ/ךְḥămwōtēkə

mother in lawnounH2545

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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