King James Version

Ruth 2:5

Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…בֹּ֨עַז֙boazBoazבֹּעַזnoun, proper name — “Boaz”H1162Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the templeBoaz.לְנַעֲר֔וֹlenaarvoto boyנַעַרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to boy”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).הַנִּצָּ֖בhanitsavthe appointedנָצַבdefinite article, verb, niphal, participle, absolute — “the appointed”, a verb used as a describing wordH5324to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)appointed, deputy, erect, establish, [idiom] Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הַקּֽוֹצְרִ֑יםhaqotserimthe much discouragedקָצַרdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the much discouraged”, a verb used as a describing wordH7114to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)[idiom] at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.לְמִ֖יlemito whoמִיpreposition, particle, interrogative — “to who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.הַנַּעֲרָ֥הhanaarahthe damselנַעֲרָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the damsel”, the ordinary formH5291a girl (from infancy to adolescence)damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).הַזֹּֽאתhazotthe thisזֹאתdefinite article, pronoun, demonstrative, feminine, singular — “the this”H2063this (often used adverb)hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers: 'Whose damsel is this?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

Young’s Literal Translation

And Boaz saith to his young man who is set over the reapers, 'Whose [is] this young person?'

World English Bible

Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, “Whose young lady is this?”

Darby Translation

And Boaz said to his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose maiden is this?

Douay-Rheims

And Booz said to the young man that was set over the reapers: Whose maid is this?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers: 'Whose damsel is this?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Booz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose is this damsel?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπε Βοὸζ τῷ παιδαρίῳ αὐτοῦ τῷ ἐφεστῶτι ἐπὶ τοὺς θερίζοντας, τίνος ἡ νεᾶνις αὕτη;