Ruth

Ruth 2:10

¹⁰At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
At this	וַתִּפֹּל֙	wat·tip·pōl	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5307 fall, lie
she fell	וַתִּפֹּל֙	wat·tip·pōl	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5307 fall, lie
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
her face	פָּנֶ֔יהָ	pā·ne·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H6440 face, before
bowing low	וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ	wat·tiš·ta·ḥū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7812 bow down
to the ground	אָ֑רְצָה	’ā·rə·ṣāh	Noun - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and said	וַתֹּ֣אמֶר	wat·tō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
to him	אֵלָ֗יו	’ê·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H413 motion to
Why	מַדּוּעַ֩	mad·dū·a‘	Interrogative	H4069 wherefore?
have I found	מָצָ֨אתִי	mā·ṣā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H4672 attain to, find
such favor	חֵ֤ן	ḥên	Noun - masculine singular	H2580 favour, grace
in your eyes	בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙	bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - cdc; second person masculine singular	H5869 eye
that you should take notice of me	לְהַכִּירֵ֔נִי	lə·hak·kî·rê·nî	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H5234 regard, recognize
even though I	וְאָּנֹכִ֖י	wəʾ·ʾå̄·nō·ḵī	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
a foreigner	נָכְרִיָּֽה׃	nā·ḵə·rî·yāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H5237 foreign, alien

Cross-references

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1 Samuel 25:23 · Ruth 2:13 · Luke 1:43 · Luke 17:16–18 · 2 Samuel 19:28 · Romans 12:10 · Luke 1:48 · 2 Samuel 9:8 · Matthew 15:22–28 · Luke 7:6–7 · Genesis 18:2 · Ruth 2:2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.