So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
And beat out that she had gleaned. When the quantity of grain was small, it was beat out by means of a stick. This process is frequently seen at the present day on the same fields by women who beat out with a stick handfuls of the grain which they have glossed (Robinsons' 'Biblical Researches,' 2:, p. 385).
An ephah - supposed to contain about a bushel.