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."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

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 to prevent scandal upon them, or hinder the nearer kinsman from doing his part, who might refuse upon hearing that Boaz and Ruth had been together; or this was said to his young men, as the Targum adds, charging them to let no one know of it; which is not so likely: it is the sense of some Jewish writers (a), that Boaz said this in his heart, in an ejaculatory prayer to God, entreating that affair might be a secret, that it might not be known that a woman had been in the floor that night, lest the name of God should be blasphemed, and he and Ruth be wrongfully reproached. (a) Midrash Ruth, fol. 34. 14. so some in Abendana in Miclol Yophi in loc.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (19 words)

H7901 שָׁכַב
Definition:

23 (in death),משכבbedEcclesiasticus 40:5; Ecclesiasticus 47:20d, =death bedEcclesiasticus 46:19; Phoenicianשכב,משכב(see׳מ1below), Lzb375; Ethiopiclie, Aramaicשְׁכַב,; Nabataeanמשכבאcouch; Arabiconlypo 23 (in death),משכבbedEcclesiasticus 40:5; Ecclesiasticus 47:20d, =death bedEcclesiasticus 46:19; Phoenicianשכב,משכב(see׳מ1below), Lzb375; Ethiopiclie, Aramaicשְׁכַב,; Nabataeanמשכבאcouch; Arabiconlypo

Possible Meanings:
  • lie down (semantic_range)
  • lie down (semantic_range)
  • lodge (semantic_range)
  • lie down (semantic_range)
H4772 מַרְגְלָה
Definition:

4,7; adverb =at his feetRuth 3:8+Ruth 3:14Qr (Ktמרגלתו); =his feetDaniel 10:6(opposed toזְרֹעֹתָיו).Topical LexiconScriptural usageמַרְגְלָה appears five times: four in the narrative ofRuth 3and once 4,7; adverb =at his feetRuth 3:8+Ruth 3:14Qr (Ktמרגלתו); =his feetDaniel 10:6(opposed toזְרֹעֹתָיו).Topical LexiconScriptural usageמַרְגְלָה appears five times: four in the narrative ofRuth 3and once

H4772 מַרְגְלָה
Definition:

4,7; adverb =at his feetRuth 3:8+Ruth 3:14Qr (Ktמרגלתו); =his feetDaniel 10:6(opposed toזְרֹעֹתָיו).Topical LexiconScriptural usageמַרְגְלָה appears five times: four in the narrative ofRuth 3and once 4,7; adverb =at his feetRuth 3:8+Ruth 3:14Qr (Ktמרגלתו); =his feetDaniel 10:6(opposed toזְרֹעֹתָיו).Topical LexiconScriptural usageמַרְגְלָה appears five times: four in the narrative ofRuth 3and once

H5704 עַד
Definition:

20,24;Psalm 104:23;Psalm 147:6;Job 7:4;Job 20:5, and inעֲדֵי עַדIsaiah 26:4;Isaiah 65:18;Psalm 83:18;Psalm 92:8;Psalm 132:12;Psalm 132:14:compareאֱלֵי,עֲלֵי),prepositionas far as, even to, up to, unti 20,24;Psalm 104:23;Psalm 147:6;Job 7:4;Job 20:5, and inעֲדֵי עַדIsaiah 26:4;Isaiah 65:18;Psalm 83:18;Psalm 92:8;Psalm 132:12;Psalm 132:14:compareאֱלֵי,עֲלֵי),prepositionas far as, even to, up to, unti

Possible Meanings:
  • until (semantic_range)
H1242 בֹּקֶר
Definition:

13morning(Late Hebrewid.; fromsplit, penetrate, as the dawn the darkness, light through cloud-rifts, etc.) —׳בGenesis 1:5+ (always absolute); pluralבְּקָרִיםJob 7:184t.; —1morning(of point of time, ti 13morning(Late Hebrewid.; fromsplit, penetrate, as the dawn the darkness, light through cloud-rifts, etc.) —׳בGenesis 1:5+ (always absolute); pluralבְּקָרִיםJob 7:184t.; —1morning(of point of time, ti

Possible Meanings:
  • inquire (semantic_range)
  • seek (semantic_range)
  • let search be made (semantic_range)
H6965 קוּם
Definition:

1.קוּם628verbarise, stand up, stand; — (Late Hebrew in derived species and derivatives; Phoenician Hiph`il Participle andמקםplace; Arabicstand, rise, Ethiopicstand, stop; Sabeanמקם,place, HomChrest. 1 1.קוּם628verbarise, stand up, stand; — (Late Hebrew in derived species and derivatives; Phoenician Hiph`il Participle andמקםplace; Arabicstand, rise, Ethiopicstand, stop; Sabeanמקם,place, HomChrest. 1

H2958 טְרוֹם
Definition:

A variation ofterem; not yet -- before.see HEBREWteremNAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Originthe same asterem, q.v.Brown-Driver-Briggsטֶ֫רֶם54, once (Ruth 3:14 Kt)טְרוֺם,adverb of time,not yet, ere, bef A variation ofterem; not yet -- before.see HEBREWteremNAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Originthe same asterem, q.v.Brown-Driver-Briggsטֶ֫רֶם54, once (Ruth 3:14 Kt)טְרוֺם,adverb of time,not yet, ere, bef

H2962 טֶרֶם
Definition:

5opens the human account with a double “not yet,” establishing that the earth awaited both rain and a cultivator: “No shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth and no plant of the field had yet 5opens the human account with a double “not yet,” establishing that the earth awaited both rain and a cultivator: “No shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth and no plant of the field had yet

Possible Meanings:
  • ere (semantic_range)
  • before that (semantic_range)
H5234 נָכַר
Definition:

8they are not recognized.Pi`elPerfectלֹא נִכַּר שׁוֺע לִפְנֵידָֿ֑לJob 34:19he regardeth not the opulent above the poor(""לֹאנָֿשָׂא מְּנֵי שָׂרִים);Imperfectלֹא תְנַכֵּ֑רוּJob 21:29do ye not recognize 8they are not recognized.Pi`elPerfectלֹא נִכַּר שׁוֺע לִפְנֵידָֿ֑לJob 34:19he regardeth not the opulent above the poor(""לֹאנָֿשָׂא מְּנֵי שָׂרִים);Imperfectלֹא תְנַכֵּ֑רוּJob 21:29do ye not recognize

Possible Meanings:
  • act (semantic_range)
  • treat as foreign (semantic_range)
  • strange (semantic_range)
  • disguise (semantic_range)
  • misconstrue (semantic_range)
H0376 אִישׁ
Definition:

23+; constructGenesis 25:27+; suffixאִישִׁיGenesis 29:32+, etc.; pluralאִישִׁיםPsalm 141:42t. (Phoenicianאשם); usuallyאֲנָשִׁיםGenesis 12:20+, from √אנשׁq. v.; constructאַנְשֵׁיJudges 6:27+; suffixאֲנ 23+; constructGenesis 25:27+; suffixאִישִׁיGenesis 29:32+, etc.; pluralאִישִׁיםPsalm 141:42t. (Phoenicianאשם); usuallyאֲנָשִׁיםGenesis 12:20+, from √אנשׁq. v.; constructאַנְשֵׁיJudges 6:27+; suffixאֲנ

Possible Meanings:
  • man (semantic_range)
H0853 אֵת
Definition:

33,אֹתָ֑ךְ,אֹתָ֑כָהExodus 29:35, feminineאֹתָךְ;אֹתוֺetc.; 2 pluralאֶתְכֶם, once˜אוֺתְכֶםJoshua 23:15; 3masculine plural regularlyאֹתָם, rarelyאֶתְהֶםGenesis 32:1;Exodus 18:20;Numbers 21:3;Ezekiel 34: 33,אֹתָ֑ךְ,אֹתָ֑כָהExodus 29:35, feminineאֹתָךְ;אֹתוֺetc.; 2 pluralאֶתְכֶם, once˜אוֺתְכֶםJoshua 23:15; 3masculine plural regularlyאֹתָם, rarelyאֶתְהֶםGenesis 32:1;Exodus 18:20;Numbers 21:3;Ezekiel 34:

Possible Meanings:
  • sign (semantic_range)
H7453 רֵעַ
Definition:

17friend, companion, fellow; —׳רabsolute2 Samuel 13:3+, construct1 Chronicles 27:33; suffixרֵעִיJob 31:9+,רֵעְַךָDeuteronomy 5:17+,רֵעֶ֑ךָExodus 2:13+, alsoרֵעֶיךָ2 Samuel 12:11(singular; Ges§ 93ss),ר 17friend, companion, fellow; —׳רabsolute2 Samuel 13:3+, construct1 Chronicles 27:33; suffixרֵעִיJob 31:9+,רֵעְַךָDeuteronomy 5:17+,רֵעֶ֑ךָExodus 2:13+, alsoרֵעֶיךָ2 Samuel 12:11(singular; Ges§ 93ss),ר

Possible Meanings:
  • evil (semantic_range)
  • distress (semantic_range)
  • misery (semantic_range)
  • injury (semantic_range)
  • calamity (semantic_range)
H0559 אָמַר
Definition:

1+, etc.;ImperfectיאֹמַרGenesis 31:8+;וַיּאֹ֫מֶרGenesis 1:3+;וַיּאֹמַ֑רGenesis 14:19+; in Job alwaysוַיּאֹ֑מַרJob 3:2+; 3 feminine singularתּאֹמַרGenesis 21:12+;תּאֹמֵר֑Proverbs 1:21; 1singularאֹמַרGe 1+, etc.;ImperfectיאֹמַרGenesis 31:8+;וַיּאֹ֫מֶרGenesis 1:3+;וַיּאֹמַ֑רGenesis 14:19+; in Job alwaysוַיּאֹ֑מַרJob 3:2+; 3 feminine singularתּאֹמַרGenesis 21:12+;תּאֹמֵר֑Proverbs 1:21; 1singularאֹמַרGe

Possible Meanings:
  • lamb (semantic_range)
H0408 אַל
Definition:

a.(a) with a verb, which is then always an imperfect (never an imperative), by preference in the cohortative or jussive mood, where this is in use, and may be of any person or number;Genesis 15:1and o a.(a) with a verb, which is then always an imperfect (never an imperative), by preference in the cohortative or jussive mood, where this is in use, and may be of any person or number;Genesis 15:1and o

Possible Meanings:
  • these (semantic_range)
H3045 יָדַע
Definition:

1+;יָדָ֑עLeviticus 5:1+; suffixיְדָעוֺDeuteronomy 34:10;Job 28:7;יְדָעָהּGenesis 24:16;1 Kings 1:4;יְדָעָ֫נוּIsaiah 63:16; 3feminine singularיָָֽדְעָהJudges 11:394t.; 2 masculine singularיָדַעְתָּGene 1+;יָדָ֑עLeviticus 5:1+; suffixיְדָעוֺDeuteronomy 34:10;Job 28:7;יְדָעָהּGenesis 24:16;1 Kings 1:4;יְדָעָ֫נוּIsaiah 63:16; 3feminine singularיָָֽדְעָהJudges 11:394t.; 2 masculine singularיָדַעְתָּGene

Possible Meanings:
  • know (semantic_range)
  • know (semantic_range)
  • cause to know (semantic_range)
  • inform (semantic_range)
H3588 כִּי
Definition:

Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic, Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic,

Possible Meanings:
  • for (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
H0935 בּוֹא
Definition:

13+; 3 feminine singularבָּ֫אָהGenesis 15:17+; suffixבָּאַתְנוּPsalm 44:18; 2masculine singularבָּ֫אתָJoshua 13:1+,בָּ֫אתָה2 Samuel 3:7; 2feminine singularבָּאתְGenesis 16:8;Ruth 2:12,וּבָאתְconsecuti 13+; 3 feminine singularבָּ֫אָהGenesis 15:17+; suffixבָּאַתְנוּPsalm 44:18; 2masculine singularבָּ֫אתָJoshua 13:1+,בָּ֫אתָה2 Samuel 3:7; 2feminine singularבָּאתְGenesis 16:8;Ruth 2:12,וּבָאתְconsecuti

Possible Meanings:
  • come in (semantic_range)
  • come (semantic_range)
  • go in (semantic_range)
  • go (semantic_range)
  • come in (semantic_range)
H0802 אִשָּׁה
Definition:

33+; constructאֵשֶׁתGenesis 11:29+ (apparently absoluteDeuteronomy 21:11;1 Samuel 28:7;Psalm 58:9but compare Bö§ 728Ges§ 130. 5); suffixאִשְׁתִּיGenesis 20:11+;אִשְׁתְּךָGenesis 12:18+ (אֶשְׁתְּךָPsal 33+; constructאֵשֶׁתGenesis 11:29+ (apparently absoluteDeuteronomy 21:11;1 Samuel 28:7;Psalm 58:9but compare Bö§ 728Ges§ 130. 5); suffixאִשְׁתִּיGenesis 20:11+;אִשְׁתְּךָGenesis 12:18+ (אֶשְׁתְּךָPsal

Possible Meanings:
  • an offering made by fire (semantic_range)
H1637 גֹּרֶן
Definition:

1027t. (construct e.g.Genesis 50:10,11;2 Samuel 6:6);גָֹּֽרְנָָֽה׃Micah 4:12; suffixגָּרְנִיIsaiah 21:10;גָּרְנְךָDeuteronomy 15:14;Deuteronomy 16:13; pluralהַגְּרָנוֺת1 Samuel 23:1,הַגֳּרָנוֺתJoel 2: 1027t. (construct e.g.Genesis 50:10,11;2 Samuel 6:6);גָֹּֽרְנָָֽה׃Micah 4:12; suffixגָּרְנִיIsaiah 21:10;גָּרְנְךָDeuteronomy 15:14;Deuteronomy 16:13; pluralהַגְּרָנוֺת1 Samuel 23:1,הַגֳּרָנוֺתJoel 2:

Possible Meanings:
  • threshing-floor (semantic_range)

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