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Ruth 2:23

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And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, [It is] good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.	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.	Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

So she kept fast^H1692 by the maidens^H5291 of Boaz^H1162 to glean^H3950 unto the end^H3615 of barley^H8184 harvest^H7105 and of wheat^H2406 harvest^H7105; and dwelt^H3427 with her mother in law^H2545.

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Original Hebrew

וַתִּדְבַּק בְּנַעֲרֹות בֹּעַז לְלַקֵּט עַד־כְּלֹות קְצִיר־הַשְּׂעֹרִים וּקְצִיר הַחִטִּים וַתֵּשֶׁב אֶת־חֲמֹותָהּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תִּדְבַּ֞ק	va./tid.Bak	H1692	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she stayed
בְּ/נַעֲר֥וֹת	be./na.'a.Rot	H5291	HR/Ncfpc	with/ (the) female servants of
בֹּ֨עַז֙	bo.'az	H1162	HNp	Boaz
לְ/לַקֵּ֔ט	le./la.Ket	H3950	HR/Vpc	to/ glean
עַד	'ad-	H5704	HR	until
כְּל֥וֹת	ke.Lot	H3615	HVqc	was complete
קְצִֽיר	ke.tzir-	H7105	HNcmsc	(the) harvest of
הַ/שְּׂעֹרִ֖ים	ha./se.'o.Rim	H8184	HTd/Ncfpa	the/ barley(s)
וּ/קְצִ֣יר	u./ke.Tzir	H7105	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) harvest of
הַֽ/חִטִּ֑ים	ha./chi.Tim	H2406	HTd/Ncfpa	the/ wheat(s)
וַ/תֵּ֖שֶׁב	va./Te.shev	H3427	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she dwelt
אֶת	'et-	H854	HR	with
חֲמוֹתָֽ/הּ	cha.mo.Ta/h	H2545	HNcfsc/Sp3fs	mother-in-law/ her

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1162 — בֹּעַז (Bôʻaz, bo'-az): from an unused root of uncertain meaning; Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple; Boaz.
• H1692 — דָּבַק (dâbaq, daw-bak'): a primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit; abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
• H2406 — חִטָּה (chiṭṭâh, khit-taw'): of uncertain derivation; wheat, whether the grain or the plant; wheat(-en).
• H2545 — חֲמוֹת (chămôwth, kham-oth'): or (shortened) חֲמֹת; feminine of חָם; a mother-in-law; mother in law.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H3615 — כָּלָה (kâlâh, kaw-law'): a primitive root; to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume); accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
• H3950 — לָקַט (lâqaṭ, law-kat'): a primitive root; properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean; gather (up), glean.
• H5291 — נַעֲרָה (naʻărâh, nah-ar-aw'): feminine of נַעַר; a girl (from infancy to adolescence); damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).
• H7105 — קָצִיר (qâtsîyr, kaw-tseer'): from קָצַר; severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage); bough, branch, harvest (man).
• H8184 — שְׂעֹרָה (sᵉʻôrâh, seh-o-raw'): or שְׂעוֹרָה (feminine meaning the plant); and (masculine meaning the grain); also שְׂעֹר; or שְׂעוֹר; from שָׂעַר in the sense of roughness; barley (as villose); barley.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H854 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): probably from אָנָה; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
• H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.

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