Ruth 2:8
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Then 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:”
עָבַר
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
דָּבַק
you will stay/ !
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דָּבַק
Cleave, cling, hold fast. Dabaq. A husband shall cleave to his wife. The same word used for clinging to God. The deepest human bonds mirror our bond with God.
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שָׁמַע
have you heard
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שָׁמַע
To hear, to listen, to obey. Shema. Hear O Israel. In Hebrew to truly hear means to obey. God is looking for those who hear with the intention to do.
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בַּת
O daughter/ my
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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בֹּעַז
Boaz
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בֹּעַז
Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple
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הָלַךְ
you go
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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נַעֲרָה
female servants/ my
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נַעֲרָה
a girl (from infancy to adolescence)
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רוּת
Ruth
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רוּת
Ruth, a Moabitess
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