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Ruth 2

Ruth 2:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Boaz
Bo`az (Hebrew #1162)
Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple
KJV usage: Boaz.
Pronounce: bo'-az
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto her, At mealtime
'okel (Hebrew #400)
food
KJV usage: eating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals.
Pronounce: o'-kel
Origin: from 398
`eth (Hebrew #6256)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
KJV usage: + after, (al-)ways, X certain, + continually, + evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-)tide, ((meal-)), what) time, when.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: from 5703
come
nagash (Hebrew #5066)
to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; relig. to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back
KJV usage: (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.
Pronounce: naw-gash'
Origin: a primitive root
thou hither
halom (Hebrew #1988)
hither
KJV usage: here, hither(-(to)), thither.
Pronounce: hal-ome'
Origin: from the article (see 1973)
, and eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
of the bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
, and dip
tabal (Hebrew #2881)
to dip, to immerse
KJV usage: dip, plunge.
Pronounce: taw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
thy morsel
path (Hebrew #6595)
a bit
KJV usage: meat, morsel, piece.
Pronounce: path
Origin: from 6626
in the vinegar
chomets (Hebrew #2558)
vinegar
KJV usage: vinegar.
Pronounce: kho'-mets
Origin: from 2556
. And she sat
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
beside
tsad (Hebrew #6654)
a side; figuratively, an adversary
KJV usage: (be-)side.
Pronounce: tsad
Origin: contr. from an unused root meaning to sidle off
the reapers
qatsar (Hebrew #7114)
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
KJV usage: X at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.
Pronounce: kaw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
: and he reached
tsabat (Hebrew #6642)
to grasp, i.e. hand out
KJV usage: reach.
Pronounce: tsaw-bat'
Origin: a primitive root
her parched
qaliy (Hebrew #7039)
from 7033; roasted ears of grain
KJV usage: parched corn.
Pronounce: kaw-lee'
Origin: or qaliyi {kaw-lee'}
corn, and she did eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
, and was sufficed
saba` (Hebrew #7646)
a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
Pronounce: saw-bah'
Origin: or sabeay {saw-bay'-ah}
, and left
yathar (Hebrew #3498)
to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve
KJV usage: excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, - nant), reserve, residue, rest.
Pronounce: yaw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
m.
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Psa. 23:5• 5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. (Psa. 23:5)

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Boaz,
Bread,
Corn,
Vinegar

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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At meal-time.
Job 31:16‑22• 16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
 17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
 18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
 19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
 20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
 21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
 22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. (Job 31:16‑22)
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Prov. 11:24‑25• 24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
 25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. (Prov. 11:24‑25)
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Isa. 32:8• 8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. (Isa. 32:8)
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Isa. 58:7,10‑11• 7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
 10And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
 11And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. (Isa. 58:7,10‑11)
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Luke 14:12‑14• 12Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
 13But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
 14And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. (Luke 14:12‑14)
dip thy morsel.Vinegar, robb of fruits, etc., are used for this purpose in the East to the present day; into which, says Dr. Shaw, they dip the bread and hand together.parched.
1 Sam. 17:17• 17And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; (1 Sam. 17:17)
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1 Sam. 25:18• 18Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. (1 Sam. 25:18)
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2 Sam. 17:28• 28Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse, (2 Sam. 17:28)
she did.
Deut. 8:10• 10When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. (Deut. 8:10)
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Deut. 11:15• 15And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. (Deut. 11:15)
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2 Kings 4:43‑44• 43And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
 44So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord. (2 Kings 4:43‑44)
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Matt. 14:20• 20And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. (Matt. 14:20)
was sufficed.
Ruth 2:18• 18And 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. (Ruth 2:18)
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Psa. 23:5• 5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. (Psa. 23:5)
• Grace leads the soul along by blessing. So she is now offered food, and wine, and parched corn, as much as she will. (“Ruth 2:1-17” by S. Ridout)
• She is welcome to dip her morsel in the vinegar, to receive along with her feeble apprehension, her bit of bread, the strength and refreshment suggested in the wine. Have we not in like manner, in the days of the beginnings of our faith, brought our little mite of truth, our little glimpse of Christ, and found it made delicious and strengthening by the sense of a love which we did not bring? (“Ruth 2:1-17” by S. Ridout)
• “And she sat beside the reapers." Food and rest must go together, and our Lord will have none take their food like the beasts, standing. The first command for the multitude who were to be fed was that they should sit down....How sweet too it is to see that service gives no place nearer than grace. The feeblest babe is as welcome as the oldest, most faithful and most successful servant. (“Ruth 2:1-17” by S. Ridout)
• “And he reached her parched corn." She gets food from his own hand. The heart of our Lord is not satisfied till He Himself is ministering to the soul. (“Ruth 2:1-17” by S. Ridout)
• {parched corn} Corn is the figure of the person of our Lord, of His perfect humanity. It is what He was in His life here, in all the lowliness that brought Him to earth for, man's need, to be the bread of life. But in order that He might be our food He had to die; so the fire must pass over the corn, reminding us of that fire of divine judgment which fell upon Him in our place. It suggests also the delight of God in Him even in His death. It was a sweet savor to God. More than this, the parched corn was part of the first fruits (Lev. 2:14), and as such recalls our Lord in resurrection, “the first fruits of them that slept." Thus from His hand we get the reminder of His person, His work and His resurrection. (“Ruth 2:1-17” by S. Ridout)
• She was sufficed: all her hunger was satisfied and she wanted no more. This would have suggested the sufficiency to meet her individual case, but beyond her need, there was a sufficiency for the needs of others; she left. (“Ruth 2:1-17” by S. Ridout)
• Boaz is not content with bringing relief to Ruth and then leaving her with a heart filled with gratitude. Even if this satisfied her heart it would not satisfy his heart. If she expected no further blessing, he had yet more to bestow. Boaz will not be content without the company of the one to whose heart he has spoken. Thus it is he can say, “Come thou hither.” And in a deeper way is it not thus that the Lord deals with us? If He breaks down our fears, speaks to our hearts, and wins our affections, it is in order to have our company. (“Ruth 2: Ruth the Gleaner” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Boaz said to her at mealtime, Come 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 ate and was sufficed, and reserved some.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Boaz said to 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 ate and was sufficed, and reserved some.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)