New American Standard Bible 1995

Ruth 2:4-7

4Now beholdוְהִנֵּה־ve.hi.neh-H2009,Boazבֹ֗עַזVo.'azH1162cameבָּ֚אba'H935from BethlehemH1035and saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to the reapersלַקּוֹצְרִ֖יםla.kotz.RimH7114, “May the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068be with you.” And they saidוַיֹּ֥אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559to him, “May the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068blessיְבָרֶכְךָ֥ye.va.rekh.KhaH1288you.”

5Then Boazבֹּ֙עַז֙bo.'azH1162saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to his servantלְנַעֲר֔וֹle.na.'a.RoH5288who wasin chargeהַנִּצָּ֖בha.ni.TzavH5324of the reapersהַקּֽוֹצְרִ֑יםha.kotz.RimH7114, “Whoseלְמִ֖יle.MiH4310youngהַנַּעֲרָ֥הha.na.'a.RahH5291womanH5291is thisH2088?”

6The servantהַנַּ֛עַרha.Na.'arH5288in chargeהַנִּצָּ֥בha.ni.TzavH5324of the reapersהַקּוֹצְרִ֖יםha.kotz.RimH7114repliedוַיַּ֗עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030, “She is the youngנַעֲרָ֤הna.'a.RahH5291Moabiteמֽוֹאֲבִיָּה֙mo.'a.vi.YahH4125womanH5291who returnedהַשָּׁ֥בָהha.Sha.vahH7725with Naomiנָעֳמִ֖יno.'o.MiH5281from the landמִשְּׂדֵ֥הmi.se.DehH7704of Moabמוֹאָֽב׃mo.'AvH4124.

7And she saidוַתֹּ֗אמֶרva.To.merH559, ‘Pleaseנָּא֙na'H4994let me gleanאֲלַקֳטָה־'a.la.ko.tah-H3950and gatherוְאָסַפְתִּ֣יve.'a.saf.TiH622afterאַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiH310the reapersהַקּוֹצְרִ֑יםha.kotz.RimH7114among the sheavesבָֽעֳמָרִ֔יםvo.'o.ma.RimH6016.’Thus she cameוַתָּב֣וֹאva.ta.Vo'H935and has remainedוַֽתַּעֲמ֗וֹדva.ta.'a.ModH5975from the morningהַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ha.Bo.kerH1242untilוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704nowעַ֔תָּה'A.tahH6258;she has been sittingשִׁבְתָּ֥הּshiv.TahH3427in the houseהַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitH1004for a littleמְעָֽט׃me.'AtH4592whileH4592.”

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