Ruth 3:16
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.
And when shee came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? and she tolde her all that the man had done to her.
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Ruth 3:16
Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.
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mother in law
The mother of one’s husband or wife, or the mother related to a son-in-law or daughter-in-law through marriage.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of tell (to say, relate, inform, count, or make known).
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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15Also 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.
15Also he said, Bring the ‖vaile that thou hast vpon thee, and holde it. And when she helde it, he measured sixe measures of barley, and laide it on her: and he went into the citie.
16And 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.
16And when shee came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? and she tolde her all that the man had done to her.
Selected passage17And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
17And she said, These sixe measures of barley gaue he me, for he said to me, Go not emptie vnto thy mother in law.