King James Version
Ruth 3:14 in the King James Version says “And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be kno...” — study this verse from Ruth chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.”
Ruth 3:14 · KJV
And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city. vail: or, sheet, or, apron
And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
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“And she lay”
H7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
“at his feet”
H4772(plural for collective) a footpiece, i.e., (adverbially) at the foot, or (direct.) the foot itself
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“and she rose up”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“could know”
H5234properly, to scrutinize, i.e., look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (
“one”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“Let it not be known”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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