Ruth 2:23
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"So 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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
נַעֲרָה
naʻărâh
a girl (from infancy to adolescence)
בֹּעַז
Bôʻaz
Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple
לָקַט
lâqaṭ
properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
קָצִיר
qâtsîyr
severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
חִטָּה
chiṭṭâh
wheat, whether the grain or the plant
קָצִיר
qâtsîyr
severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
Key Terms in This Verse
לָקַט lâqaṭ
properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
Study H3950 →בֹּעַז Bôʻaz
Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple
Study H1162 →קָצִיר qâtsîyr
severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
Study H7105 →קָצִיר qâtsîyr
severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
Study H7105 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →Cross References
A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
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