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Ruth 3:7

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And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.	And 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.	And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And when Boaz^H1162 had eaten^H398 and drunk^H8354, and his heart^H3820 was merry^H3190, he went^H935 to lie down^H7901 at the end^H7097 of the heap of corn^H6194: and she came^H935 softly^H3909, and uncovered^H1540 his feet^H4772, and laid her down^H7901.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאכַל בֹּעַז וַיֵּשְׁתְּ וַיִּיטַב לִבֹּו וַיָּבֹא לִשְׁכַּב בִּקְצֵה הָעֲרֵמָה וַתָּבֹא בַלָּט וַתְּגַל מַרְגְּלֹתָיו וַתִּשְׁכָּב׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֨אכַל	va/i.Yo.khal	H398	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he ate
בֹּ֤עַז	Bo.'az	H1162	HNp	Boaz
וַ/יֵּשְׁתְּ֙	va/i.ye.sheT	H8354	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he drank
וַ/יִּיטַ֣ב	va/i.yi.Tav	H3190	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it was good
לִבּ֔/וֹ	li.B/o	H3820	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	heart/ his
וַ/יָּבֹ֕א	va/i.ya.Vo'	H935	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he went
לִ/שְׁכַּ֖ב	li/sh.Kav	H7901	HR/Vqc	to/ lie down
בִּ/קְצֵ֣ה	bi/k.Tzeh	H7097	HR/Ncbsc	at/ (the) end of
הָ/עֲרֵמָ֑ה	ha./'a.re.Mah	H6194	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ heap
וַ/תָּבֹ֣א	va./ta.Vo'	H935	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she came
בַ/לָּ֔ט	va./Lat	H3909	HRd/Ncmsa	in (the)/ secrecy
וַ/תְּגַ֥ל	va./te.Gal	H1540	HC/Vpw3fs	and/ she uncovered
מַרְגְּלֹתָ֖י/ו	mar.ge.lo.Ta/v	H4772	HNcfpc/Sp3ms	feet/ his
וַ/תִּשְׁכָּֽב	va./tish.Kav	H7901	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she lay down

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1162 — בֹּעַז (Bôʻaz, bo'-az): from an unused root of uncertain meaning; Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple; Boaz.
• H1540 — גָּלָה (gâlâh, gaw-law'): a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal; [phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.
• H3190 — יָטַב (yâṭab, yaw-tab'): a primitive root; to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right); be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, [phrase] be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good(-ness), be (make) merry, please ([phrase] well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, [idiom] very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
• H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
• H3909 — לָט (lâṭ, lawt): a form of לָאט or else participle from לוּט; properly, covered, i.e. secret; by implication, incantation; also secrecy or (adverb) covertly; enchantment, privily, secretly, softly.
• H4772 — מַרְגְלָה (margᵉlâh, mar-ghel-aw'): denominative from רֶגֶל; (plural for collective) a footpiece, i.e. (adverbially) at the foot, or (direct.) the foot itself; feet. Compare מְרַאֲשָׁה.
• H6194 — עָרֵם (ʻârêm, aw-rame'): (Jeremiah 50:26) or (feminine) עֲרֵמָה; from עָרַם; a heap; specifically, a sheaf; heap (of corn), sheaf.
• H7097 — קָצֶה (qâtseh, kaw-tseh'): or (negative only) קֵצֶה; from קָצָה; (used in a great variety of applications and idioms; compare קֵץ); an extremity; [idiom] after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, (in-) finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-) side, [idiom] some, ut(-ter-) most (part).
• H7901 — שָׁכַב (shâkab, shaw-kab'): a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
• H8354 — שָׁתָה (shâthâh, shaw-thaw'): a primitive root; to imbibe (literally or figuratively); [idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of שָׁקָה.)

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