Ruth 2:13
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”

Young's Literal Translation
And she saith, ‘Let me find grace in thine eyes, my lord, because thou hast comforted me, and because thou hast spoken unto the heart of thy maid-servant, and I—I am not as one of thy maid-servants.’

King James Bible
Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

Hebrew
“My lord,”
אֲדֹנִי֙ (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

she said,
וַ֠תֹּאמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“may I continue to find
אֶמְצָא־ (’em·ṣā-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

favor
חֵ֨ן (ḥên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2580: Graciousness, subjective, objective

in your eyes,
בְּעֵינֶ֤יךָ (bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

for
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you have comforted
נִֽחַמְתָּ֔נִי (ni·ḥam·tā·nî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge

and spoken
דִבַּ֖רְתָּ (ḏib·bar·tā)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

kindly
לֵ֣ב (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

your maidservant,
שִׁפְחָתֶ֑ךָ (šip̄·ḥā·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8198: Maid, maidservant

though I
וְאָנֹכִי֙ (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

am
אֶֽהְיֶ֔ה (’eh·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

like one
כְּאַחַ֖ת (kə·’a·ḥaṯ)
Preposition-k | Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 259: United, one, first

of your servant girls.”
שִׁפְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃ (šip̄·ḥō·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8198: Maid, maidservant

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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