Ruth 3:4–6
And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
And it shall be when hee lieth downe, that thou shalt marke the place where hee shall lie, and thou shalt goe in, and ‖vncouer his feete, and lay thee downe, and he will tell thee what thou shalt doe.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, lift vp the clothes that are on his feete.
And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
And shee said vnto her, All that thou sayest vnto me, I will doe.
¶ And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
¶ And she went downe vnto the floore, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
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Ruth 3:4
An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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Lies: reclines, rests, remains, or is situated; or speaks falsely.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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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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1. A sign or token set upon or belonging to a person or thing. 2. An object or point aimed at. 3. To notice, observe, designate, keep account of, or set a sign upon.
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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.
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Sense 1: To recline, rest, remain, or be situated. Sense 2: In ‘lie with,’ to have sexual intercourse. Sense 3: To speak falsely. Sense 4: A false statement or deception.
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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: To put, place, set, arrange, deposit, apply, establish, impose, or cause to be in a stated position or condition. Sense 2: As the past tense of lie, to recline, rest, be situated, or remain in a state. Sense 3: In lay with, to have sexual relations. Sense 4: To press or bear upon. Sense 5: In lay up, lay by, or lay in store, to keep, store, or treasure; in lay wait, lay snares, lay an ambush, or lay siege, to prepare or set. Sense 6: In lay hold or lay hands on, to seize, take, apprehend, or touch. Sense 7: In lay down one's life, to surrender or give it; in lay aside, lay apart, or lay away, to remove, reject, or put off.
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1. To speak, relate, declare, report, inform, explain, reveal, recount, or make known. 2. To know, discern, or determine, especially in 'cannot tell' or 'who can tell.' 3. To count, number, or enumerate.
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Ruth 3:5
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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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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Second-person singular present form of say. To speak, declare, tell, or express.
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Ruth 3:6
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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A level surface underfoot; especially a threshing floor where grain is separated.
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Agreeing or corresponding; in conformity with; as stated, measured, or directed by.
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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.
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COMBINED MEANING
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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Commanded, directed, invited, or told to do something.
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3:1THEN Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
3:1¶ Then Naomi her mother in law said vnto her, My daughter, shal I not seeke rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
3:2And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
3:2And now is not Boaz of our kinred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshing floore.
3:3Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
3:3Wash thy selfe therefore, and annoint thee, and put thy raiment vpon thee, and get thee downe to the floore: but make not thy selfe knowen vnto the man, vntill hee shall haue done eating and drinking.
3:4And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
3:4And it shall be when hee lieth downe, that thou shalt marke the place where hee shall lie, and thou shalt goe in, and ‖vncouer his feete, and lay thee downe, and he will tell thee what thou shalt doe.
Selected passage3:5And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
3:5And shee said vnto her, All that thou sayest vnto me, I will doe.
Selected passage3:6¶ And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
3:6¶ And she went downe vnto the floore, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
Selected passage3:7And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
3:7And when Boaz had eaten and drunke, and his heart was merrie, hee went to lie downe at the ende of the heape of corne: and she came softly, and vncouered his feet, and laid her downe.