Ruth Observation Study - Chapter 2 Verses1-23

Iyer@brahminbeliever.com | | Updated on Sun 02 February 2020

The version used is KJV

Themes

  • Yah's provision for Naomi
  • Ruth's diligence in providing for her mother-in-law
  • Boaz: a mighty, shrewd and kind man of Yah

Actions of God

  • 1: Yah blessed Boaz with might and wealth
  • 3: Yah willed Ruth to be gleaning from Boaz's field
  • 23: Yah ordains the seasons - barley and wheat harvest

Actions of Man

  • 2: Ruth makes a decision to glean (following [Deu24:19, Lev23:22 ]). Naomi gives Ruth the permission
  • 3,7: Ruth gelaned in the fields of Boaz
  • 4: Boaz returned from Bethlehelm; Boaz and his workers praise Yah
  • 5-7: Dialog between Boaz and his workers about Ruth
  • 8-9: Boaz's advise to Ruth
  • 10: Ruth fell on her face and bowed
  • 11: Boaz's acknowledgement of Ruth's heart towards Naomi and following Israel's God
  • 12: Boaz's blessing and prayer
  • 13: Ruth's response to Boaz
  • 14: Boaz shared parched corn with Ruth; Ruth and Boaz ate
  • 15-16: Ruth gleans; Boaz commands the young men to treat Ruth favorably
  • 17: Ruth beat out an epah of barley from what she had gleaned
  • 18: Ruth went back to the city and gave the barley to Naomi
  • 19: Naomi and Ruth dialog
  • 20: Naomi blesses Yah
  • 21-23: Noami's advise to stay in Boaz's field and Ruth obeys her and stays in Boaz's field end of barley and wheat harvest.

Titles of God

  • 4: LORD or YHVH 2 times
  • 12: YHVH 2x, Elohim 1, God of Israel
  • 20: YHVH

Figures of speech

  • hyperbole
  • 1: mighty man of wealth
  • 10: fall o her face
  • personification:
  • 12: under whose wings
  • metaphor:
  • reference to Ruth as daughter by Boaz

Repeating words

  • damsel 2 ['2:5', '2:6']
  • hath 3 ['2:7', '2:11', '2:20']
  • Moabitess 2 ['2:2', '2:21']
  • go 5 ['2:2', '2:8', '2:9', '2:9', '2:22']
  • find 2 ['2:2', '2:13']
  • unto 21 ['2:2', '2:2', '2:3', '2:4', '2:5', '2:8', '2:9', '2:10', '2:11', '2:11', '2:11', '2:13', '2:13', '2:14', '2:19', '2:20', '2:20', '2:20', '2:21', '2:22', '2:23']
  • whose 2 ['2:2', '2:12']
  • knowledge 2 ['2:10', '2:19']
  • also 2 ['2:16', '2:21']
  • had 5 ['2:1', '2:17', '2:18', '2:18', '2:19']
  • young 4 ['2:9', '2:9', '2:15', '2:21']
  • grace 2 ['2:2', '2:10']
  • answered 3 ['2:4', '2:6', '2:11']
  • sheaves 2 ['2:7', '2:15']
  • she 21 ['2:2', '2:3', '2:7', '2:7', '2:7', '2:10', '2:13', '2:14', '2:14', '2:15', '2:16', '2:17', '2:17', '2:18', '2:18', '2:18', '2:18', '2:18', '2:19', '2:19', '2:23']
  • Go 2 ['2:2', '2:8']
  • barley 2 ['2:17', '2:23']
  • Ruth 4 ['2:2', '2:8', '2:21', '2:22']
  • Naomi 6 ['2:1', '2:2', '2:6', '2:20', '2:20', '2:22']
  • Elimelech 2 ['2:1', '2:3']
  • daughter 4 ['2:2', '2:20', '2:22', '2:22']
  • fast 3 ['2:8', '2:21', '2:23']
  • gleaned 5 ['2:3', '2:17', '2:17', '2:18', '2:19']
  • glean 7 ['2:2', '2:7', '2:8', '2:15', '2:15', '2:16', '2:23']
  • maidens 3 ['2:8', '2:22', '2:23']
  • LORD 5 ['2:4', '2:4', '2:12', '2:12', '2:20']
  • field 7 ['2:2', '2:3', '2:3', '2:8', '2:9', '2:17', '2:22']
  • eyes 2 ['2:9', '2:10']
  • reapers 6 ['2:3', '2:4', '2:5', '2:6', '2:7', '2:14']
  • Boaz 10 ['2:1', '2:3', '2:4', '2:5', '2:8', '2:11', '2:14', '2:15', '2:19', '2:23']
  • harvest 3 ['2:21', '2:23', '2:23']

Keywords

  • glean H3950 laqat pickup/gather
  • stranger H5237 nokriy foreigner/adultress
  • reap/reaper H7114 qatsar dockoff/curtail/harvest
  • recompense H7999 shalam to be safe/completed
  • trust H2620 chasa flee for protection/confide/have hope in
  • wings H3671 kawnaf edge/extremity
  • kinsman H1350 gaal redeemer
  • harvest H7105 qatseer severed/reap
  • kin H7138 qarob near/alied
  • reward H4909 maskoreth reward

Verse 12 is beautiful as it shows YHVH's protection and it then is played out in Chapter 3 where Boaz provides that protection. Wings in Chapter 2 and the edge of his garment in Chapter 3 use the same word H3671 kanaf.

Cause & effect

  • 2: they didnt have food -> Ruth went to glean
  • 7: Ruth asked to glean -> reapers let her
  • 7: YHVH wrote gleaning laws -> Boaz and reapers followed it
  • 9/10: Boaz shows grace -> Ruth bows down
  • 11: Ruth was kind to Naomi -> Boaz showed grace
  • 12: YHVH recompenses Ruth's work -> Ruth can trust under YHVH wing
  • 15/16: Boaz was graceful/kind or he had feelings or wanted to show favor to Naomi -> Boaz gave her more than gleaned
  • 20: YHVH showed favor to Naomi -> Naomi blessed YHVH

Verb, Pronoun, Conjunction, Adjective, Adverb

1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

n v pn conj adj adv
kinsman
husband
man
wealth
family
name
 had
was
 her
his
 And
of
of
of
of
and
 mighty

2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

n v pn conj adj adv
field
ears
corn
sight
grace
daughter
 said
Let
go
find
said
 me
him
I
she
her
my
 And
and
of
after
in
And
unto
 unto
glean
 now

3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

n v pn conj adj adv
field
reapers
hap
light
part
field
 went
came
gleaned
was
belonging
was
kindred
 she
her
 And
and
and
in
after
and
on
of
of
of
 unto

4 And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

n v pn conj adj adv
behold
reapers
bless
thee
 came
said
be
answered
 you
they
him
 And
from
and
unto
with
And

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

n v pn conj adj adv
servant
reapers
damsel
 said
was
set
is
 his
 unto
Then

6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:

n v pn conj adj adv
servant
reapers
damsel
country
 was
set
answered
said
is
came
 It
 And
and
with
out
of
of
 Moabitish
 back

7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

n v pn conj adj adv
reapers
sheaves
hath
morning
house
 said
pray
let
glean
gather
came
continued
tarried
 she
I
you
me
she
she
 And
and
after
among
and
from
until
that
in
 little
 so
even
now

8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

n v pn conj adj adv
thou
daughter
field
hence
maidens
 said
glean
go
 my
my
 in
neither
from
but
by
Then
not
not
abide
here
fast

9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

n v pn conj adj adv
eyes
field
thou
men
thee
art
athirst
vessels
drink
men
 Let
thine
be
do
reap
go
have
charged
touch
go
have
drawn
 they
them
I
they
 on
that
and
after
that
and
unto
and
of
 young
thou
young
 not
not

10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

n v pn conj adj adv
face
ground
grace
eyes
take
knowledge
stranger
 fell
bowed
said
have
found
seeing
am
 she
her
herself
him
I
me
I
 on
and
and
in
that
of
 unto
thine
thou
shouldest
 Then

11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

n v pn conj adj adv
thou
hast
thy
mother
law
death
husband
hast
father
mother
land
nativity
people
 answered
said
hath
been
shewed
done
left
come
thou
 her
It
me
 And
and
unto
that
in
since
of
and
and
and
of
and
unto
 unto
thine
thou
thy
thy
thy
 fully
art
not
heretofore

12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

n v pn conj adj adv
recompense
thy
work
reward
thee
wings
 be
given
thou
come
trust
and
of
of
under
 full
 art

13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

n v pn conj adj adv
sight
lord
thou
hast
thou
thine
handmaid
thine
handmaidens
 said
Let
find
comforted
hast
be
 she
me
my
me
I
 in
for
and
for
though
like
of
 favour
thy
spoken
unto
unto
 Then
friendly
not

14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.

n v pn conj adj adv
thou
hither
eat
bread
dip
morsel
vinegar
reapers
corn
eat
 said
sat
reached
did
was
sufficed
left
 her
she
he
her
she
 And
unto
At
and
of
and
in
And
beside
and
and
and
and
 mealtime
come
thy
parched

15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

n v pn conj adj adv
men
sheaves
 was
risen
glean
commanded
saying
Let
reproach
 she
his
her
her
 And
among
and
 young
glean
 even
not

16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

n v pn conj adj adv
fall
handfuls
purpose
 let
leave
glean
rebuke
 her
them
she
them
her
 And
of
of
for
and
that
and
also
not

17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

n v pn conj adj adv
field
ephah
barley
 gleaned
beat
had
gleaned
was
 she
she
it
 So
in
until
and
that
and
about
of
even

18 And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.

n v pn conj adj adv
city
mother
law
forth
 took
went
saw
had
gleaned
brought
gave
had
reserved
was
sufficed
 she
it
her
she
she
her
she
she
 And
and
into
and
in
and
and
that
after

19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.

n v pn conj adj adv
mother
law
hast
thou
day
thou
knowledge
thee
mother
law
man
name
day
 said
gleaned
blessed
be
did
take
shewed
had
wrought
said
wrought
is
 her
her
he
she
her
she
I
 And
in
unto
and
of
And
in
with
and
with

20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

n v pn conj adj adv
daughter
law
kindness
living
man
kin
kinsmen
 said
Blessed
be
hath
left
said
is
 her
he
his
her
us
our
 And
unto
in
of
and
And
unto
near
of
unto
of
 dead
next
 not

21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

n v pn conj adj adv
fast
men
harvest
 said
said
shalt
keep
have
ended
 He
me
my
they
my
 And
unto
by
until
 young
 also

22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

n v pn conj adj adv
daughter
law
daughter
maidens
field
 said
is
thou
go
meet
 her
It
my
his
they
 And
in
with
that
in
 unto
good
thee
other
 not

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.

n v pn conj adj adv
maidens
end
barley
harvest
wheat
harvest
mother
law
 kept
glean
dwelt
 she
her
 So
by
of
unto
of
and
of
and
with
in
fast