Boazבֹּעַזateוַיֹּאכַלand drank,וַיֵּשְׁתְּand his heartוַ לִבּוֹwas glad,יִּיטַבand he wentוַיָּבֹאto lie downלִשְׁכַּבat the endבִּקְצֵהof the heap.הָעֲרֵמָהThen she cameוַתָּבֹאquietly,בַלָּטuncoveredוַתְּגַלhis feet,מַרְגְּלֹתָיוand lay down.וַתִּשְׁכָּב
Ruth 3:7
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yochal” appears- and drankיֵּשְׁתְּyesht
drink
Drink.
Where else “yesht” appears- and his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- was gladיִּיטַבyitav
be glad
For the heart to be glad, or to do something with care.
Where else “yitav” appears- and he wentיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- to lie downשְׁכַּבshekav
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “shekav” appears- at the endקְצֵהketse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appears- of the heapעֲרֵמָהarema
heap
Heap, especially of grain already threshed.
Where else “arema” appears- quietlyלָּטlat
secretly
Without a sound and without drawing anyone's notice.
Where else “lat” appears- uncoveredתְּגַלtegal
uncover
To remove what covers, leaving something in view.
Where else “tegal” appears- his feetמַרְגְּלֹתָיmarglotay
place of the feet
The place of the feet: the part where someone lying down has his feet.
Where else “marglotay” appears
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.