Ruth 3:15
And again he said, Stretch forth thy mantle with which thou art covered, and hold thou with ever either hand. And while she stretched forth and held, he meted or measured six measures of barley, and putted or put up on her; and she bare, and entered into the city,Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- מִטְפַּחַתmiṭpachatha wide cloak (for a woman)
- יָהַבyâhabto give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come
- שְׂעֹרָהsᵉʻôrâhbarley (as villose)
- מָדַדmâdadproperly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figurativel
- אָחַזʼâchazto seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
- שִׁיתshîythto place (in a very wide application)
- שֵׁשׁshêshsix (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
- בּוֹאbôwʼto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
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