Ruth 3:7

“Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was glad, and he went to lie down at the end of the heap. Then she came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.”

Ruth 3:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ruth 3:7, word by word

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
ateיֹּאכַלyochal

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

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and drankיֵּשְׁתְּyesht

drink

Drink.

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and his heartלִבּlib

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

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was gladיִּיטַבyitav

be glad

For the heart to be glad, or to do something with care.

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and he wentיָּבֹאyavo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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to lie downשְׁכַּבshekav

lie down

To lie down to sleep or rest.

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at the endקְצֵהketse

end

The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.

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of the heapעֲרֵמָהarema

heap

Heap, especially of grain already threshed.

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quietlyלָּטlat

secretly

Without a sound and without drawing anyone's notice.

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uncoveredתְּגַלtegal

uncover

To remove what covers, leaving something in view.

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his feetמַרְגְּלֹתָיmarglotay

place of the feet

The place of the feet: the part where someone lying down has his feet.

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The context

6So she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother-in-law had commanded her.

7 · This verse (above)

8And it happened at midnight that the man trembled and turned over, and look, a woman was lying at his feet.

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