Ruth 2:18
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
לָקַט
lâqaṭ
properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יָצָא
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
חָשַׂךְ
châsak
to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Key Terms in This Verse
מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →לָקַט lâqaṭ
properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
Study H3950 →חָשַׂךְ châsak
to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
Study H2820 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
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But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
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