King James Version
Ruth 2:23 in the King James Version says “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...” — study this verse from Ruth chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Ruth 2:23 · KJV
And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
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. meet: or, fall upon thee
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.
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“So she kept fast”
H1692properly, to impinge, i.e., cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
“of Boaz”
H1162boaz, the ancestor of david; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple
“to glean”
H3950properly, to pick up, i.e., (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“unto the end”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
“and dwelt”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
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