Study it in the app“Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat there; and look, the kinsman-redeemer of whom Boaz had spoken was passing by. And he said, “Turn aside, sit here, so-and-so.” And he turned aside and sat down.”
Now Boazוּבֹעַזwent upעָלָהtothe gateהַשַּׁעַרand satוַיֵּשֶׁבthere;שָׁםand look,וְהִנֵּהthe kinsman-redeemerהַגֹּאֵלof whomאֲשֶׁרBoazבֹּעַזhad spokenדִּבֶּרwas passing by.עֹבֵרAnd he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Turn aside,סוּרָהsitשְׁבָהhere,פֹּהso-and-so.”פְּלֹנִי אַלְמֹנִיAnd he turned asideוַיָּסַרand sat down.וַיֵּשֵׁב
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 “voaz” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshev” appearsredeem
To buy back a relative or their land.
Where else “goel” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsturn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sura” appearsso-and-so
"So-and-so": a word used in place of someone's name when one will not or cannot say it.
Where else “peloni” appearssuch a one
"Such": the second part of the expression "so-and-so," used when the name of a person or a place is not given.
Where else “almoni” appears“So-and-so” translates two Hebrew words used when someone’s name cannot or will not be given: the story does not say what he was called.
1 · This verse (above)
2Then he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here.” And they sat down.
