King James Version

Ruth 3:17

And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

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וַתֹּ֕אמֶרvatomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…שֵׁשׁsheshsixשֵׁשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.הַשְּׂעֹרִ֥יםhasorimthe barleyשְׂעֹרָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “the barley”, the ordinary formH8184barley (as villose)barley.הָאֵ֖לֶּהhaelehthe theseאֵלֶּהdefinite article, pronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “the these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).נָ֣תַןnatangiveנָתַןverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, a completed actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לִ֑יlitoלִ֑יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toכִּ֚יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אָמַ֣רamarsayאָמַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “say”, a completed actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…אֵלַ֔יelayamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תָּב֥וֹאִיtavoito comeבּוֹאverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to come”, a wish or indirect commandH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…רֵיקָ֖םreyqamwithout causeרֵיקָםadverb — “without cause”H7387emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedlywithout cause, empty, in vain, void.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).חֲמוֹתֵֽךְchamotekhemother in lawחֲמוֹתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “mother in law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2545a mother-in-lawmother in law.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And she said: 'These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me: Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.

Young’s Literal Translation

And she saith, 'These six [measures] of barley he hath given to me, for he said, Thou dost not go in empty unto thy mother-in-law.'

World English Bible

She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley; for he said, ‘Don’t go empty to your mother-in-law.’”

Darby Translation

And she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.

Douay-Rheims

And she said: Behold he hath given me six measures of barley: for he said: I will not have thee return empty to thy mother in law.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And she said: 'These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me: Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And she said to her, He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ, τὰ ἕξ τῶν κριθῶν ταῦτα ἔδωκέ μοι, ὅτι εἶπε πρὸς μὲ, μὴ εἰσέλθῃς κενὴ πρὸς τὴν πενθεράν σου.