So she layוַתִּשְׁכַּבat his feetמַרְגְּלוֹתָיוֹuntilעַדthe morning,הַבֹּקֶרand roseוַתָּקָםbeforeבְּטֶרֶםa manאִישׁcould recognizeיַכִּירhis companion;אֶת רֵעֵהוּand he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Let it notאַלbe knownיִוָּדַעthatכִּיthe womanהָאִשָּׁהcameבָאָהtothe threshing floor.”הַגֹּרֶן
Ruth 3:14
Study it in the app“So she lay at his feet until the morning, and rose before a man could recognize his companion; and he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 3:14, word by word
- So she layתִּשְׁכַּבtishkav
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “tishkav” appears- at his feetמַרְגְּלוֹתָיmarglotay
place of the feet
The place of the feet: the part where someone lying down has his feet.
Where else “marglotay” appears- the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- and roseתָּקָםtakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “takam” appears- beforeטֶרֶםterem
not yet, before
Not yet; before.
Where else “terem” appears- a manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- could recognizeיַכִּירyakir
recognize
To realize who someone is, or notice them.
Where else “yakir” appears- his companionרֵעֵree
companion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “ree” appears- and he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- be knownיִוָּדַעyivada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yivada” appears- the womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- cameבָאָהvaa
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vaa” appears- the threshing floorגֹּרֶןgoren
threshing floor
Threshing floor: flat ground where grain is threshed; also any open, level place.
Where else “goren” appears
The context
13Spend this night here, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him redeem. But if he does not want to redeem you, then I will redeem you, as YHWH lives. Lie down until the morning.”
14 · This verse (above)
15And he said, “Bring the shawl that is on you and hold it out.” So she held it, and he measured six measures of barley and put it on her; then he went into the city.