Ruth 3:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, 'How did it go, my daughter?' Then she told her everything the man had done for her.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתָּבוֹא֙ אֶל־חֲמוֹתָ֔הּ וַתֹּ֖אמֶר מִי־אַ֣תְּ בִּתִּ֑י וַתַּ֨גֶּד־לָ֔‪[t]‬הּ אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָֽשָׂה־לָ֖הּ הָאִֽישׁ׃

Transliteration

Wa-tābôʾ ʾel-ḥămôtāh wa-tōʾmer mî-ʾat bittî wa-tagged-lāh ʾēt kāl-ʾăšer ʿāśâ-lāh hā-ʾîš.

Grammar Details

• *Wa-tābôʾ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she came
• *ʾel-ḥămôtāh*: preposition + feminine singular noun + 3rd feminine singular suffix - to her mother-in-law
• *wa-tōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she said
• *mî-ʾat*: interrogative pronoun + 2nd feminine singular independent pronoun - who are you
• *bittî*: feminine singular noun + 1st singular suffix - my daughter
• *wa-tagged-lāh*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular + preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - and she told her
• *ʾēt kāl-ʾăšer*: direct object marker + noun masculine singular construct + relative particle - all that
• *ʿāśâ-lāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - he did for her
• *hā-ʾîš*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the man

Word Meanings

• *mî-ʾat*: who are you/how did you fare (idiomatic)

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who are you, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & came to hir mother in lawe, which sayde: How is it wt the my doughter? And she tolde her all yt the ma had done vnto her,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when she came to her mother in law, she sayd, Who art thou, my daughter? And she tolde her all that the man had done to her,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when she came in, to her mother in lawe, she sayde: Who art thou, my daughter? And she tolde her all that the man had done to her,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who [art] thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who are you, my daughter? She told her all that the man had done to her.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And she cometh in unto her mother-in-law, and she saith, `Who `art' thou, my daughter?' and she declareth to her all that the man hath done to her.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when she came back her mother-in-law said to her, How did it go with you, my daughter? And she gave her an account of all the man had done to her.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, "How did it go, my daughter?" She told her all that the man had done to her.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and she returned to her mother-in-law. Ruth Returns to NaomiWhen Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked,“How did things turn out for you, my daughter?” Ruth told her about all the man had done for her.