Letyour eyesעֵינַיִךְbeon the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶהthatאֲשֶׁרthey reap,יִקְצֹרוּןand goוְהָלַכְתִּafter them.אַחֲרֵיהֶןHave I notהֲלוֹאcommandedצִוִּיתִיthe young menאֶת הַנְּעָרִיםnotלְבִלְתִּיto touchנָגְעֵyou?ךְAnd when you are thirsty,וְצָמִתgoוְהָלַכְתְּtoאֶלthe vesselsהַכֵּלִיםand drinkוְשָׁתִיתfrom whatמֵאֲשֶׁרthe young menהַנְּעָרִיםdraw.”יִשְׁאֲבוּן
Ruth 2:9
Study it in the app“Let 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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Ruth 2:9, word by word
- your eyesעֵינַיִenayi
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enayi” appears- on the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appears- they reapיִקְצֹרוּyiktsoru
reap
To cut the ripe grain; those who cut it.
Where else “yiktsoru” appears- and goהָלַכְתִּhalachti
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halachti” appears- commandedצִוִּיתִיtsiviti
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appears- the young menנְּעָרִיםnearim
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “nearim” appears- to touchנָגְעֵnage
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “nage” appears- And when you are thirstyצָמִתtsamit
be thirsty
Be thirsty.
Where else “tsamit” appears- the vesselsכֵּלִיםkelim
vessel
Any container for keeping or carrying liquids and food.
Where else “kelim” appears- and drinkשָׁתִיתshatit
drink
Drink.
Where else “shatit” appears- drawיִשְׁאֲבוּyishavu
draw water
Draw water from a well.
Where else “yishavu” appears
The context
8Then 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10Then she fell on her face and bowed down to the ground and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, when I am a foreigner?”