Ruth 2:7
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And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”
In other translations
And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”
Hebrew words
וַתֹּאמֶרvatomerand she saidH559אֲלַקֳטָה־'alakotah-let me gleanH3950נָּאna'pleaseH4994וְאָסַפְתִּיve'asaftiand I will gatherH622בָעֳמָרִיםvo'omarimamong the sheavesH6016אַחֲרֵי'achareibehindH310הַקּוֹצְרִיםhakotzrimthe harvestersH7114וַתָּבוֹאvatavo'and she cameH935וַתַּעֲמוֹדvata'amodand she has stayedH5975מֵאָזme'azfrom thenH227הַבֹּקֶרhabokerthis morningH1242וְעַד־ve'ad-and untilH5704עַתָּה'atahnowH6258זֶהzehthisH2088שִׁבְתָּהּshivtahsitting sheH3427הַבַּיִתhabayitthe houseH1004מְעָט׃me'atlittleH4592
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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