Ruth

Chapter 2

Phonetic (Hebrew): uֽlena'omi֞y myd moda֣ le'iyshsha֗hּ 'i֚yshsh gּibּ֣or cha֔yil mimּishshepּa֖chat 'eliyme֑leke ushshem֖o bּoֽ'az׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz.

וּֽלְנָעֳמִ֞י מידע מוֹדַ֣ע לְאִישָׁ֗הּ אִ֚ישׁ גִּבּ֣וֹר חַ֔יִל מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַת אֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְ וּשְׁמ֖וֹ בֹּֽעַז׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vatּo'mer֩ r֨ut hamּo'abiyּa֜h 'eֽl-na'omi֗y 'eֽlekah-nּa֤ hashsּadeh֙ va'alaqotּa֣h bashshibּoli֔ym 'acha֕r 'ashshe֥r 'emetza'-che֖n bּe'eyna֑yv vatּo֥'mer la֖hּ leki֥y bitּiֽy׃

Edified Edition (EDE)And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favour." Naomi said to her, "Go ahead, my daughter."

וַתֹּאמֶר֩ ר֨וּת הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֜ה אֶֽל־נָעֳמִ֗י אֵֽלְכָה־נָּ֤א הַשָּׂדֶה֙ וַאֲלַקֳטָּ֣ה בַשִׁבֳּלִ֔ים אַחַ֕ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֶמְצָא־חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינָ֑יו וַתֹּ֥אמֶר לָ֖הּ לְכִ֥י בִתִּֽי׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vatּe֤leke vatּabo'֙ vatּelaqּe֣t bּashsּade֔h 'achare֖y haqּotzeri֑ym vayּi֣qer miqere֔ha cheleqa֤t hashsּadeh֙ lebo֔'az 'ashshe֖r mimּishshepּa֥chat 'eliymeֽleke׃

Edified Edition (EDE)So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.

וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ וַתָּבוֹא֙ וַתְּלַקֵּ֣ט בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה אַחֲרֵ֖י הַקֹּצְרִ֑ים וַיִּ֣קֶר מִקְרֶ֔הָ חֶלְקַ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ לְבֹ֔עַז אֲשֶׁ֖ר מִמִּשְׁפַּ֥חַת אֱלִימֶֽלֶךְ׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vehinּeh-bo֗'az bּa֚ mibּe֣yt le֔chem vayּo֥'mer laqּotzeri֖ym yehva֣h 'imּake֑m vayּo֥'meru l֖o yebarekeka֥ yehvaֽh׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, "The LORD be with you!" "The LORD bless you!" they answered.

וְהִנֵּה־בֹ֗עַז בָּ֚א מִבֵּ֣ית לֶ֔חֶם וַיֹּ֥אמֶר לַקּוֹצְרִ֖ים יְהוָ֣ה עִמָּכֶ֑ם וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ ל֖וֹ יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ יְהוָֽה׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּo֤'mer bּo֨'az֙ lena'ar֔o hanּitzּa֖b 'al-haqּֽotzeri֑ym lemi֖y hanּa'ara֥h hazּoֽ't׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, "Who does that young woman belong to?"

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר בֹּ֨עַז֙ לְנַעֲר֔וֹ הַנִּצָּ֖ב עַל־הַקּֽוֹצְרִ֑ים לְמִ֖י הַנַּעֲרָ֥ה הַזֹּֽאת׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּa֗'an hanּa֛'ar hanּitzּa֥b 'al-haqּotzeri֖ym vayּo'ma֑r na'ara֤h mֽo'abiyּah֙ hi֔y hashshּa֥bah 'iֽm-na'omi֖y mishsּede֥h mo'aֽb׃

Edified Edition (EDE)The overseer replied, "She is the Moabite who came back from Moab with Naomi.

וַיַּ֗עַן הַנַּ֛עַר הַנִּצָּ֥ב עַל־הַקּוֹצְרִ֖ים וַיֹּאמַ֑ר נַעֲרָ֤ה מֽוֹאֲבִיָּה֙ הִ֔יא הַשָּׁ֥בָה עִֽם־נָעֳמִ֖י מִשְּׂדֵ֥ה מוֹאָֽב׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vatּo֗'mer 'alaqotah-nּa'֙ ve'asapetּi֣y baֽ'omari֔ym 'achare֖y haqּotzeri֑ym vatּab֣o vaֽtּa'am֗od me'a֤z habּo֨qer֙ ve'ad-'a֔tּah ze֛h shshibetּa֥hּ habּa֖yit me'aֽt׃

Edified Edition (EDE)She said, 'Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.' She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest in the shelter."

וַתֹּ֗אמֶר אֲלַקֳטָה־נָּא֙ וְאָסַפְתִּ֣י בָֽעֳמָרִ֔ים אַחֲרֵ֖י הַקּוֹצְרִ֑ים וַתָּב֣וֹא וַֽתַּעֲמ֗וֹד מֵאָ֤ז הַבֹּ֨קֶר֙ וְעַד־עַ֔תָּה זֶ֛ה שִׁבְתָּ֥הּ הַבַּ֖יִת מְעָֽט׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּo'mer֩ bּo֨'az 'el-r֜ut hal֧o shshama֣'atּe bּitּi֗y 'al-tּelekiy֙ lileqot֙ bּeshsade֣h 'ache֔r vega֛m lo֥ ta'aburi֖y mizּe֑h veko֥h tidebּaqi֖yn 'im-na'arotaֽy׃

Edified Edition (EDE)So Boaz said to Ruth, "My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here close to the women who work for me.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ בֹּ֨עַז אֶל־ר֜וּת הֲל֧וֹא שָׁמַ֣עַתְּ בִּתִּ֗י אַל־תֵּלְכִי֙ לִלְקֹט֙ בְּשָׂדֶ֣ה אַחֵ֔ר וְגַ֛ם לֹ֥א תַעֲבוּרִ֖י מִזֶּ֑ה וְכֹ֥ה תִדְבָּקִ֖ין עִם־נַעֲרֹתָֽי׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): eyna֜yike bּashsּade֤h 'ashsher-yiqetzorun֙ vehala֣ketּi 'achareyhe֔n hal֥o tziui֛ytiy 'et-hanּe'ari֖ym lebiletּi֣y nage'e֑ke vetzami֗t vehalaketּe֙ 'el-hakּeli֔ym veshshati֕yt me'ashshe֥r yishshe'ab֖un hanּe'ariֽym׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled."

עֵינַ֜יִךְ בַּשָּׂדֶ֤ה אֲשֶׁר־יִקְצֹרוּן֙ וְהָלַ֣כְתִּ אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ן הֲל֥וֹא צִוִּ֛יתִי אֶת־הַנְּעָרִ֖ים לְבִלְתִּ֣י נָגְעֵ֑ךְ וְצָמִ֗ת וְהָלַכְתְּ֙ אֶל־הַכֵּלִ֔ים וְשָׁתִ֕ית מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר יִשְׁאֲב֖וּן הַנְּעָרִֽים׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vatּipּol֙ 'al-pּane֔yha vatּishshetּa֖chu 'a֑retzah vatּo֣'mer 'ela֗yv madּu'a֩ matza֨'tiy che֤n bּe'eyne֨yka֙ lehakּiyre֔niy ve'ּanoki֖y nakeriyּaֽh׃

Edified Edition (EDE)At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She asked him, "Why have I found such favour in your eyes that you notice me, a foreigner?"

וַתִּפֹּל֙ עַל־פָּנֶ֔יהָ וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ אָ֑רְצָה וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו מַדּוּעַ֩ מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֨יךָ֙ לְהַכִּירֵ֔נִי וְאָּנֹכִ֖י נָכְרִיָּֽה׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּa֤'an bּo֨'az֙ vayּo֣'mer la֔hּ hugּe֨d hugּa֜d li֗y kּo֤l 'ashsher-'ashsiyt֙ 'et-chamote֔ke 'achare֖y m֣ot 'iyshshe֑ke vatּaֽ'azebi֞y 'ּabi֣yke ve'imּe֗ke ve'e֨retz֙ mֽoladetּe֔ke vatּe֣leki֔y 'el-'a֕m 'ashshe֥r lo'-yada֖'atּe tּem֥ol shshileshshֽom׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Boaz replied, "I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before.

וַיַּ֤עַן בֹּ֨עַז֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָ֔הּ הֻגֵּ֨ד הֻגַּ֜ד לִ֗י כֹּ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂית֙ אֶת־חֲמוֹתֵ֔ךְ אַחֲרֵ֖י מ֣וֹת אִישֵׁ֑ךְ וַתַּֽעַזְבִ֞י אָּבִ֣יךְ וְאִמֵּ֗ךְ וְאֶ֨רֶץ֙ מֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֔ךְ וַתֵּ֣לְכִ֔י אֶל־עַ֕ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יָדַ֖עַתְּ תְּמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): yeshshalּe֥m yehva֖h pּa'ole֑ke utehi֨y mashsekּuretּe֜ke shshelema֗h me'i֤m yehvah֙ 'elohe֣y yishsera'e֔l 'ashsher-bּa֖'t lachas֥ot tּaֽchat-kּenapaֽyv׃

Edified Edition (EDE)May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."

יְשַׁלֵּ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה פָּעֳלֵ֑ךְ וּתְהִ֨י מַשְׂכֻּרְתֵּ֜ךְ שְׁלֵמָ֗ה מֵעִ֤ם יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֖את לַחֲס֥וֹת תַּֽחַת־כְּנָפָֽיו׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): va֠tּo'mer 'emetza'-che֨n bּe'eyne֤yka 'adoniy֙ kּi֣y niֽchametּa֔niy veki֥y dibּa֖retּa 'al-le֣b shshipechate֑ka ve'anokiy֙ lo֣ 'eֽheye֔h kּe'acha֖t shshipechoteֽyka׃

Edified Edition (EDE)"May I continue to find favour in your eyes, my lord," she said. "You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant, though I do not have the standing of one of your servants."

וַ֠תֹּאמֶר אֶמְצָא־חֵ֨ן בְּעֵינֶ֤יךָ אֲדֹנִי֙ כִּ֣י נִֽחַמְתָּ֔נִי וְכִ֥י דִבַּ֖רְתָּ עַל־לֵ֣ב שִׁפְחָתֶ֑ךָ וְאָנֹכִי֙ לֹ֣א אֶֽהְיֶ֔ה כְּאַחַ֖ת שִׁפְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּo'mer֩ la֨h bo֜'az le'e֣t ha'o֗kel gּo֤shshiֽy halom֙ ve'aka֣letּe min-halּe֔chem vetaba֥letּe pּitּe֖ke bּacho֑metz vatּe֨shsheb֙ mitzּa֣d haqּֽotzeri֔ym vayּitzebּat-la֣hּ qali֔y vatּo֥'kal vatּishsebּa֖ vatּotaֽr׃

Edified Edition (EDE)At mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar." When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ לָ֨ה בֹ֜עַז לְעֵ֣ת הָאֹ֗כֶל גֹּ֤שִֽׁי הֲלֹם֙ וְאָכַ֣לְתְּ מִן־הַלֶּ֔חֶם וְטָבַ֥לְתְּ פִּתֵּ֖ךְ בַּחֹ֑מֶץ וַתֵּ֨שֶׁב֙ מִצַּ֣ד הַקּֽוֹצְרִ֔ים וַיִּצְבָּט־לָ֣הּ קָלִ֔י וַתֹּ֥אכַל וַתִּשְׂבַּ֖ע וַתֹּתַֽר׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vatּa֖qam lelaqּe֑t vayetzav֩ bּo֨'az 'et-ne'ara֜yv le'mo֗r gּa֣m bּe֧yn haֽ'omari֛ym tּelaqּe֖t velo֥ takeliymֽuha׃

Edified Edition (EDE)As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, "Let her glean even among the sheaves and don’t reprimand her.

וַתָּ֖קָם לְלַקֵּ֑ט וַיְצַו֩ בֹּ֨עַז אֶת־נְעָרָ֜יו לֵאמֹ֗ר גַּ֣ם בֵּ֧ין הָֽעֳמָרִ֛ים תְּלַקֵּ֖ט וְלֹ֥א תַכְלִימֽוּהָ׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vega֛m shshol-tּashsho֥lּu la֖hּ min-hatzּebati֑ym va'azabetּe֥m veliqּeta֖h velo֥ tige'aru-baֽhּ׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke her."

וְגַ֛ם שֹׁל־תָּשֹׁ֥לּוּ לָ֖הּ מִן־הַצְּבָתִ֑ים וַעֲזַבְתֶּ֥ם וְלִקְּטָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א תִגְעֲרוּ־בָֽהּ׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vatּelaqּe֥t bּashsּade֖h 'ad-ha'a֑reb vatּachebּot֙ 'e֣t 'ashsher-liqּe֔tah vayehi֖y kּe'eypa֥h shse'oriֽym׃

Edified Edition (EDE)So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.

וַתְּלַקֵּ֥ט בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה עַד־הָעָ֑רֶב וַתַּחְבֹּט֙ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר־לִקֵּ֔טָה וַיְהִ֖י כְּאֵיפָ֥ה שְׂעֹרִֽים׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vatּishsּa'֙ vatּab֣o ha'i֔yr vatּe֥re chamota֖hּ 'e֣t 'ashsher-liqּe֑tah vatּotze'֙ vatּitּen-la֔hּ 'e֥t 'ashsher-hoti֖rah mishsּabe'aֽhּ׃

Edified Edition (EDE)She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over after she had eaten enough.

וַתִּשָּׂא֙ וַתָּב֣וֹא הָעִ֔יר וַתֵּ֥רֶא חֲמוֹתָ֖הּ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר־לִקֵּ֑טָה וַתּוֹצֵא֙ וַתִּתֶּן־לָ֔הּ אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־הוֹתִ֖רָה מִשָּׂבְעָֽהּ׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vatּo'mer֩ la֨hּ chamota֜hּ 'eypo֨h liqּa֤tetּe hayּom֙ ve'a֣nah 'ashsi֔yt yehi֥y makּiyre֖ke bּar֑uke vatּagּe֣d lachamota֗hּ 'e֤t 'ashsher-'ashsetah֙ 'imּ֔o vatּo֗'mer shshe֤m ha'iyshsh֙ 'ashshe֨r 'ashsi֧ytiy 'imּ֛o hayּ֖om bּoֽ'az׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Her mother-in-law asked her, "Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!" Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. "The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz," she said.

וַתֹּאמֶר֩ לָ֨הּ חֲמוֹתָ֜הּ אֵיפֹ֨ה לִקַּ֤טְתְּ הַיּוֹם֙ וְאָ֣נָה עָשִׂ֔ית יְהִ֥י מַכִּירֵ֖ךְ בָּר֑וּךְ וַתַּגֵּ֣ד לַחֲמוֹתָ֗הּ אֵ֤ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָה֙ עִמּ֔וֹ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר שֵׁ֤ם הָאִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשִׂ֧יתִי עִמּ֛וֹ הַיּ֖וֹם בֹּֽעַז׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vatּo֨'mer na'omi֜y lekalּata֗hּ bּar֥uke hu'֙ layhva֔h 'ashsher֙ lo'-'aza֣b chasedּ֔o 'et-hachayּi֖ym ve'et-hamּeti֑ym vatּo֧'mer la֣hּ na'omi֗y qar֥ob la֨nu֙ ha'i֔yshsh miֽgּo'ale֖nu hֽu'׃

Edified Edition (EDE)"The LORD bless him!" Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. "He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead." She added, "That man is our close relative; he is one of our kinsman-redeemers [1]."

וַתֹּ֨אמֶר נָעֳמִ֜י לְכַלָּתָ֗הּ בָּר֥וּךְ הוּא֙ לַיהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹא־עָזַ֣ב חַסְדּ֔וֹ אֶת־הַחַיִּ֖ים וְאֶת־הַמֵּתִ֑ים וַתֹּ֧אמֶר לָ֣הּ נָעֳמִ֗י קָר֥וֹב לָ֨נוּ֙ הָאִ֔ישׁ מִֽגֹּאֲלֵ֖נוּ הֽוּא׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vatּo֖'mer r֣ut hamּo'abiyּa֑h gּa֣m ׀ kּiy-'ama֣r 'ela֗y 'im-hanּe'ari֤ym 'ashsher-liy֙ tּidebּaqi֔yn 'a֣d 'im-kּilּ֔u 'e֥t kּal-haqּatzi֖yr 'ashsher-liֽy׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Then Ruth the Moabite said, "He even said to me, 'Stay close to my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.'"

וַתֹּ֖אמֶר ר֣וּת הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֑ה גַּ֣ם ׀ כִּי־אָמַ֣ר אֵלַ֗י עִם־הַנְּעָרִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־לִי֙ תִּדְבָּקִ֔ין עַ֣ד אִם־כִּלּ֔וּ אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַקָּצִ֖יר אֲשֶׁר־לִֽי׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vatּo֥'mer na'omi֖y 'el-r֣ut kּalּata֑hּ t֣ob bּitּi֗y kּi֤y teֽtze'iy֙ 'im-na֣'arota֔yv velo֥ yipegּe'u-ba֖ke bּeshsade֥h 'acheֽr׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, "It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed."

וַתֹּ֥אמֶר נָעֳמִ֖י אֶל־ר֣וּת כַּלָּתָ֑הּ ט֣וֹב בִּתִּ֗י כִּ֤י תֵֽצְאִי֙ עִם־נַ֣עֲרוֹתָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א יִפְגְּעוּ־בָ֖ךְ בְּשָׂדֶ֥ה אַחֵֽר׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vatּidebּa֞q bּena'ar֥ot bּo֨'az֙ lelaqּe֔t 'ad-kּel֥ot qetziֽyr-hashsּe'ori֖ym uqetzi֣yr haֽchitּi֑ym vatּe֖shsheb 'et-chamotaֽhּ׃

Edified Edition (EDE)So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

וַתִּדְבַּ֞ק בְּנַעֲר֥וֹת בֹּ֨עַז֙ לְלַקֵּ֔ט עַד־כְּל֥וֹת קְצִֽיר־הַשְּׂעֹרִ֖ים וּקְצִ֣יר הַֽחִטִּ֑ים וַתֵּ֖שֶׁב אֶת־חֲמוֹתָֽהּ׃