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Then Boazוַ בֹּעַזsaidיֹּאמֶרto his young manלְנַעֲרוֹwho was setהַנִּצָּבoverעַלthe reapers,הַקּוֹצְרִים“Whoseלְמִיisthisהַזֹּאתyoung woman?”הַנַּעֲרָה
Ruth 2:5
Study it in the app“Then Boaz said to his young man who was set over the reapers, “Whose is this young woman?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 2:5, word by word
- Then 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to his young manנַעֲרnaar
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” appears- who was setנִּצָּבnitsav
set up
To set something up so that it stays firm, like a pillar or a wall of water.
Where else “nitsav” appears- the reapersקּוֹצְרִיםkotsrim
reap
To cut the ripe grain; those who cut it.
Where else “kotsrim” appears- young womanנַּעֲרָהnaara
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appears
The context
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.”
5 · This verse (above)
6The young man who was set over the reapers answered and said, “She is a Moabite young woman, the one who returned with Naomi from the field of Moab.