Ruth
Ruth 2:11
11Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boaz | בֹּ֙עַז֙ | bō·‘az | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H1162 Boaz |
| replied | וַיַּ֤עַן | way·ya·‘an | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6030 answer, respond |
| I have been made fully aware | הֻגֵּ֨ד | hug·gêḏ | Verb - Hofal - Infinitive absolute | H5046 be conspicuous |
| of all | כֹּ֤ל | kōl | Noun - masculine singular | H3605 the whole, all |
| you have done | עָשִׂית֙ | ‘ā·śîṯ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H6213 do, make |
| for | אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | Preposition | H854 with |
| your mother-in-law | חֲמוֹתֵ֔ךְ | ḥă·mō·w·ṯêḵ | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H2545 husband's mother |
| since | אַחֲרֵ֖י | ’a·ḥă·rê | Preposition | H310 behind |
| the death | מ֣וֹת | mō·wṯ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4194 death |
| of your husband | אִישֵׁ֑ךְ | ’î·šêḵ | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H376 man |
| how you left | וַתַּֽעַזְבִ֞י | wat·ta·‘az·ḇî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular | H5800 leave, forsake, loose |
| your father | אָּבִ֣יךְ | ʾå̄·ḇīḵ | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H1 father |
| and mother | וְאִמֵּ֗ךְ | wə·’im·mêḵ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H517 mother |
| and the land | וְאֶ֙רֶץ֙ | wə·’e·reṣ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of your birth | מֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֔ךְ | mō·w·laḏ·têḵ | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H4138 nativity, lineage, native country |
| and how you came | וַתֵּ֣לְכִ֔י | wat·tê·lə·ḵî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| a people | עַ֕ם | ‘am | Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| you did not | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| know | יָדַ֖עַתְּ | yā·ḏa·‘at | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H3045 know |
| before | תְּמ֥וֹל | tə·mō·wl | Adverb | H8543 yesterday |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Luke 14:33 · Luke 18:29–30 · Ruth 1:14–22 · Luke 5:11 · Psalm 37:5–6 · Psalm 45:10 · Ruth 1:11 · Hebrews 11:8–9 · Hebrews 11:24–26 · Luke 5:23
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.