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So she clungוַתִּדְבַּקto the young womenבְּנַעֲרוֹתof Boazבֹּעַזto gleanלְלַקֵּטuntilעַדthe endכְּלוֹתof the barleyהַשְּׂעֹרִיםharvestקְצִירand the wheatוּ הַחִטִּיםharvest.קְצִירAnd she livedוַתֵּשֶׁבwithאֶתher mother-in-law.חֲמוֹתָהּ
Ruth 2:23
Study it in the app“So 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 2:23, word by word
- So she clungתִּדְבַּקtidbak
cling
To stay close to someone, like YHWH.
Where else “tidbak” appears- to the young womenנַעֲרוֹתnaarot
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naarot” appears- of 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- to gleanלַקֵּטlaket
glean
To gather up grain left by the reapers.
Where else “laket” appears- the endכְּלוֹתkelot
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “kelot” appears- of the barleyשְּׂעֹרִיםseorim
barley
Barley.
Where else “seorim” appears- harvestקְצִירketsir
harvest
To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.
Where else “ketsir” appears- and the wheatחִטִּיםchitim
wheat
Wheat.
Where else “chitim” appears- And she livedתֵּשֶׁבteshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “teshev” appears- her mother-in-lawחֲמוֹתָchamota
mother-in-law
Mother-in-law: the mother of one's husband.
Where else “chamota” appears
The context
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.”
23 · This verse (above)