Ruth 3:6

“So she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother-in-law had commanded her.”

Ruth 3:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ruth 3:6, word by word

So she went downתֵּרֶדtered

go down

To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.

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the threshing floorגֹּרֶןgoren

threshing floor

Threshing floor: flat ground where grain is threshed; also any open, level place.

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and didתַּעַשׂtaas

carry out

To do what is commanded.

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her mother-in-lawחֲמוֹתָchamota

mother-in-law

Mother-in-law: the mother of one's husband.

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had commanded herצִוַּתָּtsivata

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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The context

5She said to her, “All that you say to me I will do.”

6 · This verse (above)

7Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was glad, and he went to lie down at the end of the heap. Then she came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

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