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And Ruthוַ רוּתthe Moabiteהַמּוֹאֲבִיָּהsaid,תֹּאמֶר“He alsoגַּם כִּיsaidאָמַרto me,אֵלַי‘Clingתִּדְבָּקִיןtoעִםthe young menהַנְּעָרִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרaremineלִיuntilעַד אִםthey have finishedכִּלּוּallאֵת כָּלthe harvestהַקָּצִירthatאֲשֶׁרismine.’”לִי
Ruth 2:21
Study it in the app“And Ruth the Moabite said, “He also said to me, ‘Cling to the young men who are mine until they have finished all the harvest that is mine.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 2:21, word by word
- And Ruthרוּתrut
Ruth
Ruth, a Moabite woman, wife of Mahlon and later of Boaz; great-grandmother of King David (Ruth 4:17) and named among the ancestors of Jesus (Matthew 1:5). The name may mean "friend" or "companion."
Where else “rut” appears- the Moabiteמּוֹאֲבִיָּהmoaviya
Moabite
Moabite: a descendant of Moab, the son of Lot.
Where else “moaviya” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- ‘Clingתִּדְבָּקִיtidbaki
cling
To stay close to someone, like YHWH.
Where else “tidbaki” appears- the young menנְּעָרִיםnearim
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “nearim” appears- they have finishedכִּלּוּkilu
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “kilu” appears- the harvestקָּצִירkatsir
harvest
To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.
Where else “katsir” appears
The context
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.”
21 · This verse (above)
22And Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, and that they do not attack you in another field.”