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Then he tookוַיִּקַּחtenעֲשָׂרָהmenאֲנָשִׁיםof the eldersמִזִּקְנֵיof the cityהָעִירand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Sitשְׁבוּhere.”פֹהAnd they sat down.וַיֵּשֵׁבוּ
Ruth 4:2
Study it in the app“Then he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here.” And they sat down.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 4:2, word by word
- Then he tookיִּקַּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- tenעֲשָׂרָהasara
ten
Ten.
Where else “asara” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- of the eldersזִּקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears- of the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Sitשְׁבוּshevu
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “shevu” appears
The context
1Now 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.
2 · This verse (above)
3He said to the kinsman-redeemer, “The plot of the field that belonged to our brother Elimelech Naomi is selling, the one who returned from the field of Moab.