Ruth

Ruth 2:17

¹⁷So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.^a

Footnotes

a 2:17 An ephah is approximately 20 dry quarts or 22 liters (probably about 29 pounds or 13.2 kilograms of barley).

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So Ruth gathered grain	וַתְּלַקֵּ֥ט	wat·tə·laq·qêṭ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3950 pick or gather up
in the field	בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה	baś·śā·ḏeh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7704 id.
until	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
evening	הָעָ֑רֶב	hā·‘ā·reḇ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6153 (sun)set, evening
And when she beat out	וַתַּחְבֹּט֙	wat·taḥ·bōṭ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H2251 beat off, beat out
what	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
she had gleaned	לִקֵּ֔טָה	liq·qê·ṭāh	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3950 pick or gather up
it was	וַיְהִ֖י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
about an ephah	כְּאֵיפָ֥ה	kə·’ê·p̄āh	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular	H374 ephah
of barley	שְׂעֹרִֽים׃	śə·‘ō·rîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8184 barley

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.