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The young manוַ הַנַּעַרwho was setהַנִּצָּבoverעַלthe reapersהַקּוֹצְרִיםansweredיַּעַןand said,וַיֹּאמַר“Sheהִיאisa Moabiteמוֹאֲבִיָּהyoung woman,נַעֲרָהthe one who returnedהַשָּׁבָהwithעִםNaomiנָעֳמִיfrom the fieldמִשְּׂדֵהof Moab.מוֹאָב
Ruth 2:6
Study it in the app“The 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 2:6, word by word
- The young manנַּעַרnaar
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- answeredיַּעַןyaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appears- and saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- a Moabiteמוֹאֲבִיָּהmoaviya
Moabite
Moabite: a descendant of Moab, the son of Lot.
Where else “moaviya” appears- young womanנַעֲרָהnaara
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appears- the one who returnedשָּׁבָהshava
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shava” appears- Naomiנָעֳמִיnaomi
Naomi
Naomi, wife of Elimelech and mother-in-law of Ruth. The name means "pleasant" or "my delight."
Where else “naomi” appears- from the fieldשְּׂדֵהsede
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sede” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
5Then Boaz said to his young man who was set over the reapers, “Whose is this young woman?”
6 · This verse (above)
7She said, ‘Let me glean, please, and I will gather among the sheaves behind the reapers.’ So she came and has been standing from the morning until now; she has sat in the house only a little.”