Then Boazוַ בֹּעַזsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלRuth,רוּת“Have you notהֲלוֹאheard,שָׁמַעַתְּmy daughter?בִּתִּיDo notאַלgoתֵּלְכִיto gleanלִלְקֹטin anotherבְּ אַחֵרfield,שָׂדֶהand alsoוְגַםdo notלֹאpass onתַעֲבוּרִיfrom here;מִזֶּהand soוְכֹהclingתִדְבָּקִיןtoעִםmy young women.נַעֲרֹתָי
Ruth 2:8
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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).
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- 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."
Where else “rut” appears- heardשָׁמַעַתְּshamaat
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamaat” appears- my daughterבִּתִּbiti
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “biti” appears- goתֵּלְכִיtelchi
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telchi” appears- to gleanלְקֹטlekot
glean
To gather up grain left by the reapers.
Where else “lekot” appears- in anotherאַחֵרacher
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acher” appears- fieldשָׂדֶהsade
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appears- pass onתַעֲבוּרִיtaavuri
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “taavuri” appears- clingתִדְבָּקִיtidbaki
cling
To stay close to someone, like YHWH.
Where else “tidbaki” appears- my young womenנַעֲרֹתָnaarota
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naarota” appears
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.”