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And look,וְהִנֵּהBoazבֹעַזcameבָּאfrom Bethlehem,מִבֵּית לֶחֶםand he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto the reapers,לַקּוֹצְרִים“YHWHיְהוָהbewith you.”עִמָּכֶםAnd they saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,לוֹ“May YHWHיְהוָהbless you.”יְבָרֶכְךָ
Ruth 2:4
Study it in the app“And look, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and he said to the reapers, “YHWH be with you.” And they said to him, “May YHWH bless you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 2:4, word by word
- Boazבֹעַזvoaz
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 “voaz” appears- cameבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- from Bethlehemבֵּיתbet
Bethlehem
See it on the mapWhere else “bet” appears- and he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to the reapersקּוֹצְרִיםkotsrim
reap
To cut the ripe grain; those who cut it.
Where else “kotsrim” appears- “YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- bless youיְבָרֶכְyevarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarech” appears
Places in this verse
Bethlehem
Today: Bethlehem (Bayt Lahm), West Bank
A town in Judea, about 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Jerusalem.
Rachel died near it (Gen 35:19), Naomi and Ruth lived there (Ruth 1:1), and David was born there. Micah said a ruler would come from it, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Mic 5:2; Matt 2:1).
The context
3So 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.
4 · This verse (above)
5Then Boaz said to his young man who was set over the reapers, “Whose is this young woman?”