King James Version

Ruth 2:23

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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וַתִּדְבַּ֞קvatidbaqand abide fastדָּבַקconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and abide fast”, the next action in the storyH1692properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuitabide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.בְּנַעֲר֥וֹתbenaarotin damselנַעֲרָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “in damsel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5291a girl (from infancy to adolescence)damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).בֹּ֨עַז֙boazBoazבֹּעַזnoun, proper name — “Boaz”H1162Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the templeBoaz.לְלַקֵּ֔טlelaqetto gleanלָקַטpreposition, verb, piel, infinitive construct — “to glean”, the to-form of the verbH3950properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to gleangather (up), glean.עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as 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.כְּל֥וֹתkelotceaseכָּלָהverb, qal, infinitive construct — “cease”, the to-form of the verbH3615to 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 cle…קְצִֽירqetsirharvestקָצִירnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “harvest”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7105severed, 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).הַשְּׂעֹרִ֖יםhasorimthe barleyשְׂעֹרָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “the barley”, the ordinary formH8184barley (as villose)barley.וּקְצִ֣ירuqetsirand harvestקָצִירconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and harvest”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7105severed, 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).הַֽחִטִּ֑יםhachitimthe wheatחִטָּהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “the wheat”, the ordinary formH2406wheat, whether the grain or the plantwheat(-en).וַתֵּ֖שֶׁבvateshevand dwellיָשַׁבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and dwell”, the next action in the storyH3427properly, 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, r…אֶתetamongאֵתpreposition — “among”H854properly, 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.חֲמוֹתָֽהּchamotahmother in lawחֲמוֹתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “mother in law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2545a mother-in-lawmother in law.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz, to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

Young’s Literal Translation

And she cleaveth to the young women of Boaz to glean, till the completion of the barley-harvest, and of the wheat-harvest, and she dwelleth with her mother-in-law.

World English Bible

So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.

Darby Translation

So she kept with the maidens of Boaz to glean, until the end of the barley-harvest and of the wheat-harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

Douay-Rheims

So she kept close to the maids of Booz: and continued to glean with them, till all the barley and the wheat were laid up in the barns.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Ruth joined herself to the damsels of Booz to glean until they had finished the barley-harvest and the wheat-harvest.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ προσεκολλήθη Ῥοὺθ τοῖς κορασίοις τοῦ Βοὸζ τοῦ συλλέγειν, ἕως τοῦ συντελέσαι τὸν θερισμὸν τῶν κριθῶν καὶ τῶν πυρῶν.