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Keil & Delitzsch on Ruth 3:8

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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About midnight the man was startled, namely, because on awaking he observed that there was some one lying at his feet; and he "bent himself" forward, or on one side, to feel who was lying there, "and behold a woman was lying at his feet." מרגּלתיו is accus. loci. Ruth 3:9
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