Her mother-in-lawחֲמוֹתָהּsaidוַתֹּאמֶרto her,לָהּ“Whereאֵיפֹהdid you gleanלִקַּטְתְּtoday,הַיּוֹםand whereוְאָנָהdid you work?עָשִׂיתMay the one who took notice ofמַכִּירֵyouךְbeיְהִיblessed.”בָּרוּךְSo she toldוַתַּגֵּדher mother-in-lawלַחֲמוֹתָהּwith whomאֵת אֲשֶׁר עִמּוֹshe had worked,עָשְׂתָהand said,וַתֹּאמֶר“The nameשֵׁםof the manהָאִישׁwith whomאֲשֶׁר עִמּוֹI workedעָשִׂיתִיtodayהַיּוֹםisBoaz.”בֹּעַז
Ruth 2:19
Study it in the app“Her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? May the one who took notice of you be blessed.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 2:19, word by word
- Her mother-in-lawחֲמוֹתָchamota
mother-in-law
Mother-in-law: the mother of one's husband.
Where else “chamota” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “Whereאֵיפֹהefo
where?
Where? From what place?
Where else “efo” appears- did you gleanלִקַּטְתְּlikatt
glean
To gather up grain left by the reapers.
Where else “likatt” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- and whereאָנָהana
where to?
Where? To where?; "how long?"
Where else “ana” appears- did you workעָשִׂיתasit
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asit” appears- May the one who took notice ofמַכִּירֵmakire
recognize
To realize who someone is, or notice them.
Where else “makire” appears- beיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- blessedבָּרוּךְbaruch
greet
To wish someone God's good; to greet.
Where else “baruch” appears- So she toldתַּגֵּדtaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “taged” appears- “The nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- 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
The context
18She picked it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. Then she brought out and gave her what she had left over after she was satisfied.
19 · This verse (above)
20And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “Blessed be he by YHWH, who has not abandoned his loyal love with the living and with the dead.” And Naomi said to her, “The man is close to us; he is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”