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Ruth 3:9-13

9And he saidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Who artthou? And she answeredוַתֹּ֗אמֶרva.To.merH559, I amRuthר֣וּתrutH7327thine handmaidאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ'a.ma.Te.khaH519:spreadוּפָרַשְׂתָּ֤u.fa.ras.TaH6566therefore thy skirtכְנָפֶ֙ךָ֙khe.na.Fe.khaH3671over thine handmaidאֲמָ֣תְךָ֔'a.Ma.te.khaH519; for thou arta near kinsmanגֹאֵ֖לgo.'ElH1350.

10And he saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Blessedבְּרוּכָ֨הbe.ru.KhahH1288bethou of Yhwhלַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068,my daughterבִּתִּ֔יbi.TiH1323: forthou hast shewedהֵיטַ֛בְתְּhei.TavtH3190more kindnessחַסְדֵּ֥ךְchas.DekhH2617in the latter endהָאַחֲר֖וֹןha.'a.cha.RonH314than at the beginningהָרִאשׁ֑וֹןha.ri.ShonH7223,inasmuch as thou followedstאַחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310 H3212notלְבִלְתִּי־le.vil.ti-H1115young menהַבַּ֣חוּרִ֔יםha.Ba.chu.RimH970,whether poorדַּ֖לdalH1800or richעָשִֽׁיר׃'a.ShirH6223.

11And now, my daughterבִּתִּי֙bi.TiH1323,fearתִּ֣ירְאִ֔יtir.'IH3372not; I will doאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־'e.'e.seh-H6213to thee all that thou requirestתֹּאמְרִ֖יtom.RiH559:for all the cityשַׁ֣עַרSha.'arH8179of my peopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971doth knowיוֹדֵ֙עַ֙yo.De.a'H3045that thou arta virtuousחַ֖יִלCha.yilH2428womanאֵ֥שֶׁת'E.shetH802.

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, asYhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068livethחַי־chai-H2416:lie downשִׁכְבִ֖יshikh.ViH7901until the morningהַבֹּֽקֶר׃ha.Bo.kerH1242.

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