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Ruth

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Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Listen carefully, my daughter. Do not go to glean in another field; furthermore, do not go on from this one, but stay here with my maids.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
Then Boaz "quickness," an ancestor of David, also a pillar before the temple Noun H1162 בֹּ֨עַז bo·'az
Analysis:
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said to utter, say Verb H559 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ vai·yo·mer
to Ruth, "friendship," a Moabite ancestress of David Noun H7327 ר֜וּת rut
Analysis:
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"Listen to hear Verb H8085 שָׁמַ֣עַתְּ sha·ma·'at·te
carefully, not Adverb H3808 הֲלֹ֧וא ha·lo·v
my daughter. daughter Noun H1323 בִּתִּ֗י bit·ti
Do not go to go, come, walk Verb H1980 תֵּלְכִי֙ te·le·chi
to glean to pick or gather up, glean Verb H3950 לִלְקֹט֙ lil·kot
in another another Adjective H312 אַחֵ֔ר a·cher,
field; field, land Noun H7704 בְּשָׂדֶ֣ה be·sa·deh
furthermore, also, moreover, yea Adverb H1571 וְגַ֛ם ve·gam
do not go to pass over, through, or by, pass on Verb H5674 תַעֲבוּרִ֖י ta·'a·vu·ri
on from this one, this, here Pronoun H2088 מִזֶּ֑ה miz·zeh;
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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but stay to cling, cleave, keep close Verb H1692 תִדְבָּקִ֖ין tid·ba·kin
here thus, here Adverb H3541 וְכֹ֥ה ve·choh
with my maids. a girl, maiden Noun H5291 נַעֲרֹתָֽי׃ na·'a·ro·tai.

People

Boaz

|quickness,| an ancestor of David, also a pillar before the temple

Ruth

|friendship,| a Moabite ancestress of David

Ruth

Ruth [N] [H] [S] a friend, a Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, whose father, Elimelech, had settled in the land of Moab. On the death of Elimelech and Mahlon, Naomi came with Ruth, her daughter-in-law, who refused to leave her, to Bethlehem, the old home from which Elimelech had migrated. There she had a rich relative, Boaz, to whom Ruth was eventually married. She became the mother of Obed, the grandfather of David. Thus Ruth, a Gentile, is... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Listen carefully, my daughter. Do not go to glean in another field; furthermore, do not go on from this one, but stay here with my maids.
King James Bible Then said Boaz said to unto Ruth, "Listen carefully, Hearest thou not, my daughter. Do daughter? Go not go to glean in another field; furthermore, do not field, neither go on from this one, hence, but stay abide here with fast by my maids.maidens:
Hebrew Greek English Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Listen carefully, my daughter. Do not go to glean in another field; furthermore, do not go on from this one, but stay here with my maids.