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Ruth 3:12-18

12And now it is trueאָמְנָ֔ם'a.me.NamH551that I am thynear kinsmanגֹאֵ֖לgo.'ElH1350:howbeit there isיֵ֥שׁyeshH3426a kinsmanגֹּאֵ֖לgo.'ElH1350nearerקָר֥וֹבka.RovH7138than I.

13Tarryלִ֣ינִי׀Li.niH3885this nightהַלַּ֗יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915,and it shall be in the morningבַבֹּ֙קֶר֙va.Bo.kerH1242, thatif he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsmanיִגְאָלֵ֥ךְyig.'a.LekhH1350,wellטוֹב֙tOvH2896;let him do the kinsman’s partיִגְאָ֔לyig.'AlH1350:but if he willיַחְפֹּ֧ץyach.PotzH2654not do the part of a kinsmanלְגָֽאֳלֵ֛ךְle.go.'o.LekhH1350to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsmanוּגְאַלְתִּ֥יךְu.ge.'al.TikhH1350to thee, asthe Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068livethחַי־chai-H2416:lie downשִׁכְבִ֖יshikh.ViH7901until the morningהַבֹּֽקֶר׃ha.Bo.kerH1242.

14And she layוַתִּשְׁכַּ֤בva.tish.KavH7901at his feetמַרְגְּלוֹתָיו֙mar.ge.la.tavH4772until the morningהַבֹּ֔קֶרha.Bo.kerH1242:and she rose upוַתָּ֕קָםva.Ta.komH6965beforeH2958oneאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376could knowיַכִּ֥ירya.KirH5234anotherרֵעֵ֑הוּre.'E.huH7453.And he saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559,Let it not be knownיִוָּדַ֔עyi.va.Da'H3045that a womanהָאִשָּׁ֖הha.'i.ShahH802cameבָ֥אָהVa.'ahH935into the floorהַגֹּֽרֶן׃ha.Go.renH1637.

15Also he saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Bringהָ֠בִיHa.viH3051the vailהַמִּטְפַּ֧חַתha.mit.Pa.chatH4304that thou hastupon thee, and holdוְאֶֽחֳזִי־ve.'e.cho.zi-H270it. And when she heldוַתֹּ֣אחֶזva.To.chezH270it, he measuredוַיָּ֤מָדvai.Ya.modH4058sixשֵׁשׁ־shesh-H8337measuresof barleyשְׂעֹרִים֙se.'o.RimH8184,and laidוַיָּ֣שֶׁתvai.Ya.shetH7896iton her: and she wentוַיָּבֹ֖אvai.ya.Vo'H935into the cityהָעִֽיר׃ha.'IrH5892.

16And when she cameוַתָּבוֹא֙va.ta.Vo'H935to her mother in lawחֲמוֹתָ֔הּcha.mo.TahH2545,she saidוַתֹּ֖אמֶרva.To.merH559, Who artthou, my daughterבִּתִּ֑יbi.TiH1323?And she toldוַתַּ֨גֶּד־va.Ta.ged-H5046her all that the manהָאִֽישׁ׃ha.'IshH376had doneעָֽשָׂה־'a.sah-H6213to her.

17And she saidוַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.To.merH559,These sixשֵׁשׁ־shesh-H8337measuresof barleyהַשְּׂעֹרִ֥יםha.se.'o.RimH8184gaveנָ֣תַןNa.tanH5414he me; for he saidאָמַ֣ר אֵלַ֔י'a.Mar'a.Mar/ /'al./i'al.iH559to me, Goתָּב֥וֹאִיta.Vo.'iH935not emptyרֵיקָ֖םrei.KamH7387unto thy mother in lawחֲמוֹתֵֽךְ׃cha.mo.TekhH2545.

18Then saidוַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merH559she, Sit stillשְׁבִ֣יshe.ViH3427,my daughterבִתִּ֔יvi.TiH1323,until thou knowתֵּֽדְעִ֔יןte.de.'InH3045how the matterדָּבָ֑רda.VarH1697will fallיִפֹּ֣לyi.PolH5307:for the manהָאִ֔ישׁha.'IshH376will not be in restיִשְׁקֹט֙yish.KotH8252,untilאִם־'im-H518he have finishedכִּלָּ֥הki.LahH3615the thingהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697this dayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.

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