Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 559 [e] וַיֹּ֗אמֶר way-yō-mer, And he said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 3051 [e] הָ֠בִי hā-ḇî bring V-Qal-Imp-fs 4304 [e] הַמִּטְפַּ֧חַת ham-miṭ-pa-ḥaṯ the shawl Art | N-fs 834 [e] אֲשֶׁר־ ’ă-šer- that [is] Pro-r 5921 [e] עָלַ֛יִךְ ‘ā-la-yiḵ on you Prep | 2fs 270 [e] וְאֶֽחֳזִי־ wə-’e-ḥo-zî- and hold Conj-w | V-Qal-Imp-fs   בָ֖הּ ḇāh it Prep | 3fs 270 [e] וַתֹּ֣אחֶז wat-tō-ḥez and when she held Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs   בָּ֑הּ bāh; it Prep | 3fs 4058 [e] וַיָּ֤מָד way-yā-māḏ and he measured Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 8337 [e] שֵׁשׁ־ šêš- six Number-fsc 8184 [e] שְׂעֹרִים֙ śə-‘ō-rîm [ephahs] of barley N-fp 7896 [e] וַיָּ֣שֶׁת way-yā-šeṯ and laid [it] Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 5921 [e] עָלֶ֔יהָ ‘ā-le-hā, on her Prep | 3fs 935 [e] וַיָּבֹ֖א way-yā-ḇō and she went Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 5892 [e] הָעִֽיר׃ hā-‘îr. into the city Art | N-fs

New American Standard Bible
Again he said, "Give me the cloak that is on you and hold it." So she held it, and he measured six measures of barley and laid it on her. Then she went into the city.

King James Bible
Also 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And he told Ruth, "Bring the shawl you're wearing and hold it out." When she held it out, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl, and she went into the town.

vail., or sheet, or apron The word mitpachath has been variously rendered. The LXX. translate it (), an apron, and Vulgate, pallium, a cloak. By the circumstances of the story, it must have been of a considerable size; and accordingly Dr. Shaw thinks it was no other than the {hyke}, the finer sort of which, such as are still worn ladies and persons of distinction among the Arabs, he takes to answer to the (), or robe, of the ancient Greeks.

he measured

Isaiah 32:8 But the liberal devises liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

Galatians 6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially …

six measures The quantity of this barley is uncertain. The Targum renders it, shith sein, `six seahs.' A seah contained about two gallons and a half, six of which must have been a very heavy load for a woman, and so the Targumist thought, for he add, `And she received strength from the Lord to carry it.'

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