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Ruth 3:9 Interlinear

“And he said And he said I am Ruth over thine handmaid spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid for thou art a near kinsman ”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַתֹּ֗אמֶר	H559	And he said	to say (used with great latitude)
2	מִי	H4310		who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
3	אָ֑תּ	H859		thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
4	וַתֹּ֗אמֶר	H559	And he said	to say (used with great latitude)
5	אָֽנֹכִי֙	H595		i
6	ר֣וּת	H7327	I am Ruth	ruth, a moabitess
7	אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔	H519	over thine handmaid	a maid-servant or female slave
8	וּפָֽרַשְׂתָּ֤	H6566	spread	to break apart, disperse, etc
9	כְנָפֶ֙ךָ֙	H3671	therefore thy skirt	an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinna
10	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
11	אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔	H519	over thine handmaid	a maid-servant or female slave
12	כִּ֥י	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
13	גֹאֵ֖ל	H1350	for thou art a near kinsman	to redeem (according to the middle eastern law of kinship), i.e., to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his wido
14	אָֽתָּה׃	H859		thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

Ruth 3:9 (current)And he said And he said I am Ruth over thine handmaid spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid for thou art a near kinsman