What Does Ruth 3:5 Mean?
And she said to her, All that you say to me I will do.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.THE KEY
In Hebrew, “I will do” carries the sense of making: trust takes shape as something enacted.
THE MEANING
The verse meets the reader where a trusted voice becomes a path into action. Its “all” and “I will do” hold hearing and response together: the words are received and carried into life.
THE ROOT
אֶעֱשֶׂה
e'eseh
GROWS FROM
עשה
To do, make, or accomplish.
“do” in this verse is e'eseh. The Hebrew verb holds doing and making in one root. Her response is more than assent: what she receives in words takes shape as a deed.
ALSO GROWS
asah: To do or make.
עָשָׂה
This is the verb behind “I will do,” joining intention to action.
ma'aseh: A deed, work, or act.
מַעֲשֶׂה
This branch names the visible result of doing: a response made tangible.
תֹּאמְרִי
tomri
GROWS FROM
אמר
To say or utter.
“sayest” in this verse is tomri. The same root carries the words Ruth hears, while the verb עשה carries her answer into action. The line links speech and deed as two movements in one response.
ALSO GROWS
amar: To say or speak.
אָמַר
It is the root verb behind Naomi’s words and Ruth’s “sayest.”
imrah: A saying or utterance.
אִמְרָה
This branch names speech as something that can be received and answered.
THE PATTERN
Received words reach their full shape when they become action.
I delight to do what pleases you, O my God, and your instruction is within my inward parts.Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.But be makers of the word, and not hearers only, miscounting yourselves.THE THREAD
Therefore you shall guard to do as the LORD your God has commanded you. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.The Hebrew verb behind “to do” here is the same עשה (asah) behind Ruth’s “I will do.” In both verses, received words become an enacted path.
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