Ruth 2:11

“Boaz answered and said to her, “It has been fully told to me, all that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband, and how you abandoned your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people that you did not know before.”

Ruth 2:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ruth 2:11, word by word

Boazבֹּעַזboaz

Boaz

Boaz, of Bethlehem, a relative of Elimelech; he took Ruth as his wife and was the great-grandfather of King David (Ruth 4:21-22; Matthew 1:5). One of the two pillars of Solomon's temple bore the same name (1 Kings 7:21).

Where else “boaz” appears
answeredיַּעַןyaan

answer

To reply to what was said.

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and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“It has been fully toldהֻגֵּדhuged

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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you have doneעָשִׂיתasit

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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your mother-in-lawחֲמוֹתֵchamote

mother-in-law

Mother-in-law: the mother of one's husband.

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the deathמוֹתmot

death

The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.

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of your husbandאִישֵׁishe

husband

Literally "her man": the one married to her.

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and how you abandonedתַּעַזְבִיtaazvi

forsake

To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.

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your fatherאָּבִיavi

father

The man who begets a child and heads his household.

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and your motherאִמֵּime

mother

The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.

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and the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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of your birthמוֹלַדְתֵּmoladte

birth

The fact of coming into the world, or the place where someone was born.

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and cameתֵּלְכִיtelchi

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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a peopleעַםam

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

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knowיָדַעַתְּyadaat

know

To know something, realize.

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beforeתְּמוֹלtemol

formerly

What was already so in times past, up to now.

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beforeשִׁלְשׁוֹםshilshom

day before yesterday

The day before yesterday; formerly. With "yesterday" it forms the idiom "as before".

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The context

10Then she fell on her face and bowed down to the ground and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, when I am a foreigner?”

11 · This verse (above)

12May YHWH repay your work, and may your wages be full from YHWH, Elohim of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

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