Ruth 2:11

And 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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Boaz	בֹּ֙עַז֙ bo.'az	H1162	Boaz · proper noun, a man's name
answered	וַיַּ֤עַן vai.Ya.'an	H6030	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
fully	הֻגֵּ֨ד hu.Ged	H5046	properly · verb, hophal infinitive absolute
shewed	הֻגַּ֜ד hu.Gad	H5046	properly · verb, hophal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
done	עָשִׂית֙ 'a.Sit	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular
law	חֲמוֹתֵ֔ךְ cha.mo.Tekh	H2545	a mother-in-law · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
since	אַחֲרֵ֖י 'a.cha.Rei	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct
death	מ֣וֹת Mot	H4194	death (natural or violent) · noun, common masculine singular construct
husband	אִישֵׁ֑ךְ 'i.Shekh	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
left	וַתַּֽעַזְבִ֞י va.ta.'az.Vi	H5800	to loosen · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular
father	אָּבִ֣יךְ 'a.Vikh	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
mother	וְאִמֵּ֗ךְ ve.'i.Mekh	H517	a mother (as the bond of the family) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
land	וְאֶ֙רֶץ֙ ve.'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct
nativity	מֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֔ךְ mo.lad.Tekh	H4138	nativity (plural birth-place) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
come	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
people	עַ֕ם 'am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
knewest	יָדַ֖עַתְּ ya.Da.'at	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular
heretofore	תְּמ֥וֹל te.Mol	H8543	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Luke 14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Luke 18:29-30 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the k…
Ruth 1:14-22 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
Psalms 37:5-6 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Psalms 45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
Luke 5:11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
Ruth 1:11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
Luke 5:23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 2:4-16

Now Boaz himself appears, and a great deal of decency there appears in his carriage both towards his own servants and towards this poor stranger. I. Towards his own servants, and those that were employed for him in reaping and gathering in his corn. Harvest-time is busy time, many hands must then be at work. Boaz that had much, being a mighty man of wealth, had much to do, and consequently many to work under him and to live upon him. As goods are increased those are increased that eat them, and what good has the owner thereof save the beholding of them with his eyes? Boaz is here an example of a good master. 1. He had a servant that was set over the reapers, Rut 2:6. In great families it is…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 2:9

go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn--Gleaners were sometimes allowed, by kind and charitable masters, to partake of the refreshments provided for the reapers. The vessels alluded to were skin bottles, filled with water--and the bread was soaked in vinegar (Rut 2:14); a kind of poor, weak wine, sometimes mingled with a little olive oil--very cooling, as would be required in harvest-time. This grateful refection is still used in the harvest-field.

Adam Clarke on Ruth 2:10

Then she fell on her face - Prostrated herself, as was the custom in the East when inferiors approached those of superior rank. The Targum adds to the conversation between Ruth and Boaz: "How, says she, have I obtained grace in thy sight, that thou shouldest acknowledge me who am a stranger and one of the daughters of Moab, of whom it is said, The unclean shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord? And Boaz, answered, It has been certainly told me by the word of the wise, that what the Lord hath decreed, he hath not decreed concerning the women but the men. And it hath been surely said to me by prophecy, that kings and prophets shall proceed from thee because of the good which thou ha…

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John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Proselytes · Required: To give up all heathen associates — Required: To give up all heathen associates
Ruth · Receives kindness from Boaz — Receives kindness from Boaz

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ruth 2:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 2:4-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 2:9

Adam Clarke on Ruth 2:10

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Ruth 2:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 2:4-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 2:9

Adam Clarke on Ruth 2:10

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ruth 2:11-12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ruth 2:8-9

Rashi on Ruth 2:9