And she said,וַתֹּאמֶר“May I findאֶמְצָאfavorחֵןin your eyes,בְּעֵינֶיךָmy lord,אֲדֹנִיforכִּיyou have comfortedנִחַמְתָּmeנִיand becauseוְכִיyou have spokenדִבַּרְתָּtoעַלthe heartלֵבof your servant,שִׁפְחָתֶךָthough Iוְאָנֹכִיam notלֹא אֶהְיֶהlikeכְּoneאַחַתof your servants.”שִׁפְחֹתֶיךָ
Ruth 2:13
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 2:13, word by word
- And she saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “May I findאֶמְצָאemtsa
find favor
To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.
Where else “emtsa” appears- favorחֵןchen
favor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appears- in your eyesעֵינֶיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- you have comfortedנִחַמְתָּnichamta
comfort
To ease someone in his pain with words and company.
Where else “nichamta” appears- you have spokenדִבַּרְתָּdibarta
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarta” appears- the heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of your servantשִׁפְחָתֶshifchate
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifchate” appears- am notאֶהְיֶהehye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “ehye” appears- oneאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears
The context
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.”
13 · This verse (above)
14At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here and eat some of the bread and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he handed her roasted grain; she ate, was satisfied, and had some left over.