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May YHWHיְהוָהrepayיְשַׁלֵּםyour work,פָּעֳלֵךְand mayוּyour wagesמַשְׂכֻּרְתֵּךְbeתְהִיfullשְׁלֵמָהfromמֵעִםYHWH,יְהוָהElohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלunderתַּחַתwhoseאֲשֶׁר וwingsכְּנָפָיyou have comeבָּאתto take refuge.”לַחֲסוֹת
Ruth 2:12
Study it in the app“May YHWH repay your work, and may your wages be full from YHWH, Elohim of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 2:12, word by word
- May YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- repayיְשַׁלֵּםyeshalem
repay
To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.
Where else “yeshalem” appears- your workפָּעֳלֵpaole
deed
What someone does; what God accomplishes.
Where else “paole” appears- your wagesמַשְׂכֻּרְתֵּmaskurte
wages
Wages, pay.
Where else “maskurte” appears- beתְהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears- fullשְׁלֵמָהshelema
whole
With nothing missing or amiss; whole, exact.
Where else “shelema” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- wingsכְּנָפָיkenafay
wing
A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.
Where else “kenafay” appears- you have comeבָּאתbat
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bat” appears- to take refugeחֲסוֹתchasot
take refuge
Take refuge: seek shelter in someone.
Where else “chasot” appears
The context
11Boaz 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.
12 · This verse (above)
13And she said, “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and because you have spoken to the heart of your servant, though I am not like one of your servants.”