Study it in the app“So she went, came, and gleaned in the field behind the reapers; and her chance happened to be the plot of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech.”
So she went,וַתֵּלֶךְcame,וַתָּבוֹאand gleanedוַתְּלַקֵּטin the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶהbehindאַחֲרֵיthe reapers;הַקֹּצְרִיםand her chanceוַ מִקְרֶהָhappened to beיִּקֶרthe plotחֶלְקַתof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהbelonging to Boaz,לְבֹעַזwhoאֲשֶׁרwasof the clanמִמִּשְׁפַּחַתof Elimelech.אֱלִימֶלֶךְ
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appearsglean
To gather up grain left by the reapers.
Where else “telaket” appearsfarmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appearsreap
To cut the ripe grain; those who cut it.
Where else “kotsrim” appearschance, what happens
What happens to someone without his planning it; chance, lot.
Where else “mikre” appearsbefall
For an event to come upon someone without his seeking it.
Where else “yiker” appearsplot
A plot of land belonging to someone.
Where else “chelkat” appearsBoaz
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 “voaz” appearsfamily
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpachat” appearsElimelech
Elimelech, of Bethlehem in Judah, husband of Naomi. The name means "my God is king."
Where else “elimelech” appears2And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go, please, to the field and glean among the ears of grain behind the one in whose eyes I find favor.” She said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
3 · This verse (above)
4And look, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and he said to the reapers, “YHWH be with you.” And they said to him, “May YHWH bless you.”
