Ruth 2:8

“Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Have you not heard, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another field, and also do not pass on from here; and so cling to my young women.”

Ruth 2:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ruth 2:8, 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).

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saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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Ruthרוּתrut

Ruth

Ruth, a Moabite woman, wife of Mahlon and later of Boaz; great-grandmother of King David (Ruth 4:17) and named among the ancestors of Jesus (Matthew 1:5). The name may mean "friend" or "companion."

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heardשָׁמַעַתְּshamaat

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

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my daughterבִּתִּbiti

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

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goתֵּלְכִיtelchi

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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to gleanלְקֹטlekot

glean

To gather up grain left by the reapers.

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in anotherאַחֵרacher

other

Other, another; next.

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fieldשָׂדֶהsade

farmland

Land that is farmed.

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pass onתַעֲבוּרִיtaavuri

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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clingתִדְבָּקִיtidbaki

cling

To stay close to someone, like YHWH.

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my young womenנַעֲרֹתָnaarota

girl

An unmarried female of marrying age.

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The context

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.”

8 · This verse (above)

9Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, and go after them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men draw.”

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