Ruth

Ruth 3:2

2Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.

Read all of Ruth 3

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Nowוְעַתָּ֗הwə·‘at·tāhConjunctive waw; AdverbH6258 now
is notהֲלֹ֥אhă·lōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
Boazבֹ֙עַז֙ḇō·‘azNoun - proper - masculine singularH1162 Boaz
withאֶת־’eṯ-PrepositionH854 with
whoseאֲשֶׁ֥ר’ă·šerPronoun - relativeH834 particle of relation
servant girlsנַעֲרוֹתָ֑יוna·‘ă·rō·w·ṯāwNoun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singularH5291 girl, damsel
you have beenהָיִ֖יתhā·yîṯVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singularH1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
a relative of oursמֹֽדַעְתָּ֔נוּmō·ḏa‘·tā·nūNoun - feminine singular construct; first person common pluralH4130 kindred, kinship
In factהִנֵּה־hin·nêh-InterjectionH2009 lo! behold!
tonightהַלָּֽיְלָה׃hal·lā·yə·lāhArticle; Noun - masculine singularH3915 twist, night, adversity
heה֗וּאhūPronoun - third person masculine singularH1931 he, she
is winnowingזֹרֶ֛הzō·rehVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularH2219 scatter, fan, winnow
barleyהַשְּׂעֹרִ֖יםhaś·śə·‘ō·rîmArticle; Noun - feminine pluralH8184 barley
on the threshing floorגֹּ֥רֶןgō·renNoun - feminine singular constructH1637 threshing-floor

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Deuteronomy 25:5–10 · Ruth 2:20–23 · Ruth 2:1 · Ruth 2:8 · Hebrews 2:11–14

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.