Phrasing of Ruth 2:14-23
Ruth 2:14-23
Ruth and Naomi encounter the generosity of Boaz.
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Published March 14th, 2019
2:14-23 (March 13/19)
2:14-23 (March 13/19)
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Ruth 2:14-23
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And ... Boaz said
at mealtime
Temporal
to her,
Destination
“Come here
Content
and eat some bread
Accompaniment
and dip your morsel
in the wine.”
Locative
So she sat
beside the reapers,
and he passed ... roasted grain.
to her
And she ate
until she was satisfied,
and she had some left over.
When she rose
to glean,
Purpose
Boaz instructed his young men, saying,
“Let her glean
even among the sheaves,
and do not reproach her.
Negative
And also pull out some
Content #2a
from the bundles
Separation
for her
Advantage
and leave it
Content #2b
for her to glean,
and do not rebuke her.”
So she gleaned
in the field
until evening.
Then she beat out
what she had gleaned,
and it was about an ephah
Result
of barley.
Contents
And she took it up
and went
into the city.
Her mother- in- law saw
what she had gleaned.
She also brought out
and gave her
what food she had left over
after being satisfied.
And her mother- in- law said
to her,
“Where did you glean today?
And where have you worked?
Blessed be the man
who took notice
of you.”
Objective
So she told her mother- in- law
with whom
she had worked
and said,
“The man’s name ... is Boaz.”
with whom I worked today
And Naomi said
to her daughter- in- law,
“May he be blessed
by the Lord,
Agency
whose kindness has not forsaken the living
or the dead!”
Naomi also said
to her,
“The man is a close relative
of ours,
Relationship
one of our redeemers.”
Explanation
And Ruth the Moabite said,
“Besides, he said
to me,
‘You shall keep
close by my young men
until they have finished all my harvest.’”
And Naomi said
to Ruth,
her daughter- in- law,
“It is good, my daughter,
that you go out
with his young women,
lest ... you be assaulted.”
in another field
So she kept close
to the young women
of Boaz,
Possessive
gleaning
Manner
until the end
of the barley
Subjective
and wheat harvests.
And she lived
with her mother- in- law.
phrasing
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