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Ruth 2

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1And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

2And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

3And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

4And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

5Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

6And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:

7And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

8Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

9Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

10Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

11And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

12The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

13Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

14And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.

15And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

16And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

17So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

18And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.

19And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.

20And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

21And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

22And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

23So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • אָמַרʼâmarH55920× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH83415× in this chapter

    who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

  • לָקַטlâqaṭH395012× in this chapter

    properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean

  • בֹּעַזBôʻazH116210× in this chapter

    Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple

  • לֹאlôʼH38089× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • עִםʻimH59738× in this chapter

    adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)

  • שָׂדֶהsâdehH77048× in this chapter

    a field (as flat)

  • הָלַךְhâlakH19807× in this chapter

    to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

  • אֵלʼêlH4137× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • קָצַרqâtsarH71147× in this chapter

    to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)

  • אֵתʼêthH8537× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • נׇעֳמִיNoʻŏmîyH52816× in this chapter

    Noomi, an Israelitess

  • נַעַרnaʻarH52886× in this chapter

    (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)

  • חֲמוֹתchămôwthH25455× in this chapter

    a mother-in-law

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30685× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • אַחַרʼacharH3105× in this chapter

    properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

  • אִישׁʼîyshH3765× in this chapter

    a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

  • נַעֲרָהnaʻărâhH52915× in this chapter

    a girl (from infancy to adolescence)

  • בּוֹאbôwʼH9355× in this chapter

    to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

  • גַּםgamH15714× in this chapter

    properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

  • הָיָהhâyâhH19614× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • כִּיkîyH35884× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • עַדʻadH57044× in this chapter

    as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

  • עַיִןʻayinH58694× in this chapter

    an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

  • עַלʻalH59214× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62134× in this chapter

    to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

  • רוּתRûwthH73274× in this chapter

    Ruth, a Moabitess

  • אֵתʼêthH8544× in this chapter

    properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.

  • בָרַךְbârakH12883× in this chapter

    to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)

  • בַּתbathH13233× in this chapter

    a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)

  • דָּבַקdâbaqH16923× in this chapter

    properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit

  • הוּאhûwʼH19313× in this chapter

    he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

  • חֵןchênH25803× in this chapter

    graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)

  • יָשַׁבyâshabH34273× in this chapter

    properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

  • מוֹאָבִיMôwʼâbîyH41253× in this chapter

    a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. a descendant from Moab

  • מָצָאmâtsâʼH46723× in this chapter

    properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

  • נָגַדnâgadH50463× in this chapter

    properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise

  • עָזַבʻâzabH58003× in this chapter

    to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.

  • קָצִירqâtsîyrH71053× in this chapter

    severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)

  • בֵּית לֶחֶםBêyth LechemH10352× in this chapter

    Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine

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