Ruth 3:14

And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
lay	וַתִּשְׁכַּ֤ב va.tish.Kav	H7901	to lie down (for rest · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
feet	מַרְגְּלוֹתָיו֙ mar.ge.la.tav	H4772	(plural for collective) a footpiece · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
morning	הַבֹּ֔קֶר ha.Bo.ker	H1242	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
up	וַתָּ֕קָם va.Ta.kom	H6965	to rise (in various applications · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
before	טְרוֹם ṭᵉrôwm	H2958	not yet
one	אִ֖ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
know	יַכִּ֥יר ya.Kir	H5234	properly · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
another	רֵעֵ֑הוּ re.'E.hu	H7453	an associate (more or less close) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
said	וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
known	יִוָּדַ֔ע yi.va.Da'	H3045	to know (properly · verb, niphal jussive, 3rd person masculine singular
woman	הָאִשָּׁ֖ה ha.'i.Shah	H802	a woman · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
came	בָ֥אָה Va.'ah	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
floor	הַגֹּֽרֶן ha.Go.ren	H1637	a threshing-floor (as made even) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Corinthians 8:21 Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
Romans 14:16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
Romans 12:17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
1 Corinthians 10:32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
1 Peter 2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which th…
Ecclesiastes 7:1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 3:14–end

We are here told, I. How Ruth was dismissed by Boaz. It would not have been safe for her to go home in the dead of the night; therefore she lay at his feet (not by his side) until morning. But as soon as ever the day broke, that she had light to go home by, she got away, before one could know another, that, if she were seen, yet she might not be known to be abroad so unseasonably. She was not shy of being known to be a gleaner in the field, nor ashamed of that mark of her poverty. But she would not willingly be known to be a night-walker, for her virtue was her greatest honour, and that which she most valued. Boaz dismissed her, 1. With a charge to keep counsel (Rut 3:14): Let it not be know…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 3:9

I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman--She had already drawn part of the mantle over her; and she asked him now to do it, that the act might become his own. To spread a skirt over one is, in the East, a symbolical action denoting protection. To this day in many parts of the East, to say of anyone that he put his skirt over a woman, is synonymous with saying that he married her; and at all the marriages of the modern Jews and Hindus, one part of the ceremony is for the bridegroom to put a silken or cotton cloak around his bride.

Adam Clarke on Ruth 3:13

As the Lord liveth - Thus he bound himself by an oath to take her to wife if the other should refuse.

John Gill on Ruth 3:14

And she lay at his feet until the morning,.... In the same place where she first lay herself down: and she rose up before one could know another, because of the darkness, as the Targum, it not being yet break of day: and he said, let it not be known that a woman came into the floor, to whom he spoke these words is not said, perhaps to Ruth, whom he might call to arise so early as she did, before one could know another, and distinguish a man from a woman; and so sent her away, and bid her be cautious, as much as in her lay, that it might not be known she had been there; for though they were both conscious of their purity and chastity, yet it became them to be careful of their good name, and…

Dictionary and topics

Levirate Law — From Latin levir, “a husband’s brother,” the name of an ancient custom ordained by Moses, by which, when an Israelite died without issue, his surviving brother was required to marry the widow, so as…
Threshing · Floors for — Floors for

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ruth 3:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 3:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 3:9

Adam Clarke on Ruth 3:13

John Gill on Ruth 3:14

Dictionary and topics

Ruth 3:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 3:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 3:9

Adam Clarke on Ruth 3:13

John Gill on Ruth 3:14

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ruth 3:10-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ruth 3:12-13

Rashi on Ruth 3:14