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So she gleanedוַתְּלַקֵּטin the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶהuntilעַדevening,הָעָרֶבand she beat outוַתַּחְבֹּטwhatאֵת אֲשֶׁרshe had gleaned,לִקֵּטָהand it wasוַיְהִיaboutכְּan ephahאֵיפָהof barley.שְׂעֹרִים
Ruth 2:17
Study it in the app“So she gleaned in the field until evening, and she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 2:17, word by word
- So she gleanedתְּלַקֵּטtelaket
glean
To gather up grain left by the reapers.
Where else “telaket” appears- in the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appears- eveningעָרֶבarev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “arev” appears- and she beat outתַּחְבֹּטtachbot
beat out
Beat out: strike the branches so the fruit falls; also to thresh.
Where else “tachbot” appears- and it wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- an ephahאֵיפָהefa
ephah
Ephah: a measure for grain, about twenty-two liters; also a measure in general.
Where else “efa” appears- of barleyשְׂעֹרִיםseorim
barley
Barley.
Where else “seorim” appears
Translation note
An ephah was about 22 liters.
The context
16And also pull out for her some from the bundles and leave them and let her glean them, and do not rebuke her.”
17 · This verse (above)
18She picked it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. Then she brought out and gave her what she had left over after she was satisfied.