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Rut (רות) / Ruth Chapter 2

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Rut works in the field of Bo'az

Keyword : Glean (לקטה) (לקט) lakat - 12 times, reapers, harvest

c/o Vayikra 23:22

2:1ולנעמי מידע לאישׁה אישׁ גבור חיל ממשׁפחת אלימלך ושׁמו בעז׃

UleNaomi moida leishah ish gibor khayil mimishpakhat Elimelekh ushemo Boaz: 

And Naomi had a Go'el of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelekh; and his name [was] Bo'az .

2:2ותאמר רות המואביה אל־נעמי אלכה־נא השׂדה ואלקטה בשׁבלים אחר אשׁר אמצא־חן בעיניו ותאמר לה לכי בתי׃

Vatomer Rut haMoaviyah el-Naomi elkha-na hasadeh vaalakotah vashibolim akhar asher emtza-khen beeinav vatomer lah lekhi viti: 

And Rut (רות) ha Moaviyah (מואביּה) said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean (lakat) ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I shall find favour (chen חן). And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

2:3ותלך ותבוא ותלקט בשׂדה אחרי הקצרים ויקר מקרה חלקת השׂדה לבעז אשׁר ממשׁפחת אלימלך׃

Vatelekh vatavo vatelaket basadeh akharei hakotzrim vayiker mikreh hakhelkat hasadeh leBoaz asher mimishpakhat Elimelekh: 

And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Bo'az, who [was] of the kindred of Elimelekh.

2:4והנה־בעז בא מבית לחם ויאמר לקוצרים יהוה עמכם ויאמרו לו יברכך יהוה׃

Vehineh-Boaz ba miBeit Lekhem vayomer lakotzrim YEHOVAH imakhem vayomru lo yevarekha YEHOVAH: 

And, behold, Bo'az came from Beit Lechem, and said unto the reapers, YHWH (יהוה) [be] with you. And they answered him, YHWH (יהוה) bless thee.

2:5ויאמר בעז לנערו הנצב על־הקוצרים למי הנערה הזאת׃

Vayomer Boaz lenaaro hanitzav al-hakotzrim lemi hanaarah hazot: 

Then said Bo'az unto his eved that was set over the reapers, Whose na'arah (young girl) [is] this?

2:6ויען הנער הנצב על־הקוצרים ויאמר נערה מואביה היא השׁבה עם־נעמי משׂדה מואב׃

Vayaan hanaar hanitzav al-hakotzrim vayomar naarah Moaviyah hi hashavah im-Naomi misdeh Moav: 

And the eved that was set over the reapers answered and said, It [is] ha Moaviyah (מואביּה) na'arah (young girl) that came back with Noami out of the country of Moav:

2:7ותאמר אלקטה־נא ואספתי בעמרים אחרי הקוצרים ותבוא ותעמוד מאז הבקר ועד־עתה זה שׁבתה הבית מעט׃

Vatomer alakotah-na veasafti vaomarim akharei hakotzrim vatavo vataamod meaz haboker vead-atah zeh shivtah habayit meat: 

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

2:8ויאמר בעז אל־רות הלוא שׁמעת בתי אל־תלכי ללקט בשׂדה אחר וגם לא תעבורי מזה וכה תדבקין עם־נערתי׃

Vayomer Boaz el-Rut halo shamaat biti al-telkhi lilkot besadeh akher vegam lo taavuri mizeh vekho tidbakin im-naarotai: 

Then said Bo'az unto Rut, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

2:9עיניך בשׂדה אשׁר־יקצרון והלכת אחריהן הלוא צויתי את־הנערים לבלתי נגעך וצמת והלכת אל־הכלים ושׁתית מאשׁר ישׁאבון הנערים׃

Einayikh basadeh asher-yiktzorun vehalakhte akhareihen halo tziviti et-hanearim levilti nagekh vetzamit vehalakhte el-hakelim veshatit measher yishavun hanearim: 

[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 kelim (vessels), and drink of [that] which the young men have drawn.

2:10ותפל על־פניה ותשׁתחו ארצה ותאמר אליו מדוע מצאתי חן בעיניך להכירני ואנכי נכריה׃

Vatipol al-paneiha vatishtakhu artzah vatomer elav madua matzati khen beeineikha lehakireni veanokhi nakhriya: 

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found favour (chen חן) in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing

I [am] a nokhriyah (foreigner, alien stranger)?

2:11ויען בעז ויאמר לה הגד הגד לי כל אשׁר־עשׂית את־חמותך אחרי מות אישׁך ותעזבי אביך ואמך וארץ מולדתך ותלכי אל־עם אשׁר לא־ידעת תמול שׁלשׁום׃

Vayaan Boaz vayomer lah huged hugad li kol asher-asit et-khamotekh akharei moti ashekh vataazvi avikh veimekh veeretz moladtekh vatelkhi el-am asher lo-yadaat temol shilshom: 

And Bo'az answered and said unto her:

It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy chamot (mother-in-law) since the death of thine iysh (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.

2:12ישׁלם יהוה פעלך ותהי משׂכרתך שׁלמה מעם יהוה אלהי ישׂראל אשׁר־באת לחסות תחת־כנפיו׃

Yeshalem YEHOVAH paolekh utehi maskurtekh shelemah meim YEHOVAH Elohei Yisrael asher-bat lakhasot takhat-kenafav: 

YHWH recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of YHWH Elohim Yisrael, under whose Kanaph (wings) thou art come to trust.

2:13ותאמר אמצא־חן בעיניך אדני כי נחמתני וכי דברת על־לב שׁפחתך ואנכי לא אהיה כאחת שׁפחתיך׃

Vatomer emtza-khen beeineikha adoni ki nikhamtani vekhi dibarta al-lev shifkhatekha veanokhi lo ehyeh keakhat shifkhoteikha: 

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

2:14ויאמר לה בעז לעת האכל גשׁי הלם ואכלת מן־הלחם וטבלת פתך בחמץ ותשׁב מצד הקוצרים ויצבט־לה קלי ותאכל ותשׂבע ותתר׃

Vayomer lah voaz leet haokhel goshi halom veakhalte min-halekhem vetavalte pitekh bakhometz vateshev mitzad hakotzrim vayitzbat-lah kali vatokhal vatisba vatotar: 

And Bo'az said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy pierce of bread in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched [corn], and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.

2:15ותקם ללקט ויצו בעז את־נעריו לאמר גם בין העמרים תלקט ולא תכלימוה׃

Vatakam lelaket vayetzav Boaz et-nearav lemor gam bein haomarim telaket velo takhli muha: 

And when she was risen up to glean, Bo'az commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the omarim (sheaves), and reproach her not:

2:16וגם שׁל־תשׁלו לה מן־הצבתים ועזבתם ולקטה ולא תגערו־בה׃

Vegam shol-tasholu lah min-hatzevatim vaazavtem velikta velo tigaru-va: 

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

2:17ותלקט בשׂדה עד־הערב ותחבט את אשׁר־לקטה ויהי כאיפה שׂערים׃

Vatelaket basadeh ad-haarev vatakhbot et asher-liketah vayehi keeifah seorim: 

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

2:18ותשׂא ותבוא העיר ותרא חמותה את אשׁר־לקטה ותוצא ותתן־לה את אשׁר־הותרה משׂבעה׃

Vatisa vatavo hair vatere khamotah et asher-likehta vatotze vatiten-lah et asher-hotirah misavah: 

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

2:19ותאמר לה חמותה איפה לקטת היום ואנה עשׂית יהי מכירך ברוך ותגד לחמותה את אשׁר־עשׂתה עמו ותאמר שׁם האישׁ אשׁר עשׂיתי עמו היום בעז׃

Vatomer lah khamotah eifoh likat tehayom veanah asit yehi makirekh barukh vataged lakhamotah et asher-astah imo vatomer shem haish asher asiti imo hayom Boaz: 

And her chamot (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 chamot with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day [is] Bo'az.

2:20ותאמר נעמי לכלתה ברוך הוא ליהוה אשׁר לא־עזב חסדו את־החיים ואת־המתים ותאמר לה נעמי קרוב לנו האישׁ מגאלנו הוא׃

Vatomer Naomi lekhalata barukh hu la YEHOVAH asher lo-azav khasdo et-hakhayim veet-hametim vatomer laNaomi karov lanu haish migoale nuhu: 

And Noami said unto her nachalah, Blessed [be] he of YHWH (יהוה), who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Noami said unto her, The man [is] near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

2:21ותאמר רות המואביה גם כי־אמר אלי עם־הנערים אשׁר־לי תדבקין עד אם־כלו את כל־הקציר אשׁר־לי׃

Vatomer Rut haMoaviyah gam ki-amar elai im-hanearim asher-li tidbakin ad im-kilu et kol-hakatzir asher-li: 

And Rut ha Moaviyah (מואביּה) said: He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my ketzir (harvest; קציר).

2:22ותאמר נעמי אל־רות כלתה טוב בתי כי תצאי עם־נערותיו ולא יפגעו־בך בשׂדה אחר׃

Vatomer Naomi el-Rut kalatah tov biti kitetzi im-naarotav velo yifgeu-vakh besadeh akher: 

And Naomi said unto Rut her nachalah, [It is] good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

2:23ותדבק בנערות בעז ללקט עד־כלות קציר־השׂערים וקציר החטים ותשׁב את־חמותה׃

Vatidbak benaarot Boaz lelaket ad-kelot ketzir-haseorim uketzir hakhitim vateshev et-khamota: 

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

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 dip thy pierce of bread in the vinegar - one of the element of  Pesach meal

SHAVUOT IS TO BE CELEBRATED BY BOTH JEW AND NON-JEW

16:10 And thou shalt shomer the feast of weeks unto YHWH (יהוה) Eloh eicha with a tribute of a terumah (freewill offering) of thine hand, which thou shalt give [unto YHWH  Eloheicha], according as YHWH  Eloheicha hath blessed thee:

16:11 And thou shalt rejoice before YHWH  Eloheicha, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy eved, and thy amah, and the Levy that [is] within thy she'arim (gates), and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] among you, in the place which YHWH  Eloheicha hath chosen to place his name there.