Ruth 2:8
King James Version
28 Jul 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:”
בֹּעַז
Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple
רוּת
Ruth
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רוּת
Ruth, a Moabitess
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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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הָלַךְ
you go
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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עָבַר
you must pass on
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עָבַר
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
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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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נַעֲרָה
female servants/ my
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נַעֲרָה
a girl (from infancy to adolescence)
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