Ruth 2:22

“And 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.””

Ruth 2:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ruth 2:22, word by word

And Naomiנָעֳמִיnaomi

Naomi

Naomi, wife of Elimelech and mother-in-law of Ruth. The name means "pleasant" or "my delight."

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saidתֹּאמֶרtomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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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."

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her daughter-in-lawכַּלָּתָkalata

daughter-in-law

The son's wife.

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“It is goodטוֹבtov

good

What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.

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my daughterבִּתִּbiti

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

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you go outתֵצְאִיtetsi

go out

To go out of a place.

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his young womenנַעֲרוֹתָיnaarotay

girl

An unmarried female of marrying age.

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attackיִפְגְּעוּyifgu

fall upon

To fall on someone to wound or kill him.

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in anotherאַחֵרacher

other

Other, another; next.

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fieldשָׂדֶהsade

farmland

Land that is farmed.

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The context

21And 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.’”

22 · This verse (above)

23So she clung to the young women of Boaz to glean until the end of the barley harvest and the wheat harvest. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

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