Ruth 3:17
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And she said: Behold he hath given me six measures of barley: for he said: I will not have thee return empty to thy mother in law.

Ruth 3:16
And came to her mother in law; who said to her: What hast thou done, daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

Ruth 3:18
And Noemi said: Wait, my daughter, till we see what end the thing will have. For the man will not rest until he have accomplished what he hath said.

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And she said: Behold he hath given me six measures of barley: for he said: I will not have thee return empty to thy mother in law.

Context
Ruth Claims Boaz as Kinsman
16And came to her mother in law; who said to her: What hast thou done, daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. 17And she said: Behold he hath given me six measures of barley: for he said: I will not have thee return empty to thy mother in law.18And Noemi said: Wait, my daughter, till we see what end the thing will have. For the man will not rest until he have accomplished what he hath said.…
Lexicon
And she said,
וַתֹּ֕אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“He gave
נָ֣תַן (nā·ṯan)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

me these
הָאֵ֖לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

six
שֵׁשׁ־ (šêš-)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8337: Six (a cardinal number)

measures of barley,
הַשְּׂעֹרִ֥ים (haś·śə·‘ō·rîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8184: Barley

for
כִּ֚י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

he said,
אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘Do not
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

go back
תָּב֥וֹאִי (tā·ḇō·w·’î)
Pd | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to
אֵלַ֔י (’ê·lay)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

your mother-in-law
חֲמוֹתֵֽךְ׃ (ḥă·mō·w·ṯêḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2545: Husband's mother

empty-handed.’”
רֵיקָ֖ם (rê·qām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 7387: Emptily, ineffectually, undeservedly


Additional Translations
And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty to your mother in law.

And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.

And she said to her, He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.

And she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.

And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

And she said, These six measures of barley he gave me; for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.

She said, "He gave me these six [measures] of barley; for he said, 'Don't go empty to your mother-in-law.'"

And she saith, 'These six measures of barley he hath given to me, for he said, Thou dost not go in empty unto thy mother-in-law.'
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