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She roseוַתָּקָםto glean,לְלַקֵּטand Boazוַ בֹּעַזcommandedיְצַוhis young men,אֶת נְעָרָיוsaying,לֵאמֹר“Let her gleanתְּלַקֵּטevenגַּםamongבֵּיןthe sheaves,הָעֳמָרִיםand do notוְלֹאput her to shame.תַכְלִימוּהָ
Ruth 2:15
Study it in the app“She rose to glean, and Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not put her to shame.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 2:15, word by word
- She roseתָּקָםtakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “takam” appears- to gleanלַקֵּטlaket
glean
To gather up grain left by the reapers.
Where else “laket” appears- and 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- commandedיְצַוyetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” appears- his young menנְעָרָיnearay
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “nearay” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- the sheavesעֳמָרִיםomarim
sheaf
A bundle of cut grain.
Where else “omarim” appears- put her to shameתַכְלִימוּtachlimu
be ashamed, humiliate
Put to shame, humiliate; be put to shame.
Where else “tachlimu” appears
The context
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.
15 · This verse (above)
16And also pull out for her some from the bundles and leave them and let her glean them, and do not rebuke her.”