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Ruth 3:9-13

9AndhesaidH559,Whoart thou?Andsheanswered,IamRuthר֣וּתrutH7327thyhandmaid:spreadוּפָרַשְׂתָּ֤u.fa.ras.TaH6566thereforethyskirtכְנָפֶ֙ךָ֙khe.na.Fe.khaH3671overthyhandmaid;forthou artanearkinsmanH1350.

10AndhesaidH559,BlessedH1288bethouofJehovah,mydaughterבִּתִּ֔יbi.TiH1323: thou hast showedmoreמִן־min-H4480kindnessinthelatterהָאַחֲר֖וֹןha.'a.cha.RonH314endthanatthebeginning, inasmuchasthou followedstnotyoungהַבַּ֣חוּרִ֔יםha.Ba.chu.RimH970menH970,whetherpoorדַּ֖לdalH1800orrichעָשִֽׁיר׃'a.ShirH6223.

11AndnowH6258,mydaughterבִּתִּי֙bi.TiH1323,fearתִּ֣ירְאִ֔יtir.'IH3372not;Iwilldototheeallthatthou sayest;forallthecityofmypeopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971dothknowיוֹדֵ֙עַ֙yo.De.a'H3045thatthou artaworthywomanאֵ֥שֶׁת'E.shetH802.

12AndnowH6258itistruethatIamanearkinsmanH1350; howbeitthereisakinsmanH1350nearerthanI.

13Tarrythisnightהַלַּ֗יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915,anditshallbeוְהָיָ֤הve.ha.YahH1961inthemorningבַבֹּ֙קֶר֙va.Bo.kerH1242,thatifhewillperform unto theethepartofakinsmanH1350,well;lethimdothekinsman’s part:butifhewillnotdothepartofakinsmanH1350tothee,thenwillIdothepartofakinsmanH1350tothee,asJehovahliveth:lieשִׁכְבִ֖יshikh.ViH7901downuntilthemorningהַבֹּֽקֶר׃ha.Bo.kerH1242.

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