Ruth 2:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Boaz replied, "It has been fully reported to me all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people you did not know before.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֤עַן בֹּ֙עַז֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָ֔הּ הֻגֵּ֨ד הֻגַּ֜ד לִ֗י כֹּ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂית֙ אֶת־חֲמוֹתֵ֔ךְ אַחֲרֵ֖י מ֣וֹת אִישֵׁ֑ךְ וַתַּֽעַזְבִ֞י אָּבִ֣יךְ וְאִמֵּ֗ךְ וְאֶ֙רֶץ֙ מֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֔ךְ וַתֵּ֣לְכִ֔י אֶל־עַ֕ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יָדַ֖עַתְּ תְּמ֥וֹל שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃

Transliteration

And-yaʿan Bōʿaz and-yōʾmer to-her, "Huggēd huggad to-me all that-ʿāśît ʾet-ḥămôtēk after môt ʾîšēk. And-taʿazbî ʾābîk and-ʾimmēk and-ʾereṣ môladtēk, and-tēlĕkî to-ʿam which not-yādaʿat tĕmôl šilšôm."

Grammar Details

• וַיַּ֤עַן: conjunction wə- + imperfect 3rd masculine singular, waw-consecutive - 'and he answered'
• *Bōʿaz*: proper noun - 'Boaz'
• וַיֹּ֣אמֶר: conjunction wə- + imperfect 3rd masculine singular, waw-consecutive - 'and he said'
• לָ֔הּ: preposition lə- + 3rd feminine singular suffix - 'to her'
• *Huggēd* *huggad*: Hophal infinitive absolute + Hophal perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'surely told/certainly reported'
• לִ֗י: preposition lə- + 1st singular suffix - 'to me'
• כֹּ֤ל: noun - 'all'
• אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂית֙: relative particle + perfect 2nd feminine singular - 'that you did'
• אֶת־חֲמוֹתֵ֔ךְ: direct object marker + noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'with your mother-in-law'
• אַחֲרֵ֖י: preposition - 'after'
• *môt*: construct state of noun - 'death of'
• *ʾîšēk*: noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'your husband'
• וַתַּֽעַזְבִ֞י: conjunction wə- + imperfect 2nd feminine singular, waw-consecutive - 'and you left'
• *ʾābîk*: noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'your father'
• וְאִמֵּ֗ךְ: conjunction wə- + noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'and your mother'
• וְאֶ֙רֶץ֙: conjunction wə- + noun construct - 'and land of'
• *môladtēk*: noun with 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'your birth/native land'
• וַתֵּ֣לְכִ֔י: conjunction wə- + imperfect 2nd feminine singular, waw-consecutive - 'and you went'
• אֶל־עַ֕ם: preposition + noun - 'to a people'
• אֲשֶׁ֥ר: relative particle - 'whom/which'
• לֹא־יָדַ֖עַתְּ: negative particle + perfect 2nd feminine singular - 'you did not know'
• *tĕmôl* *šilšôm*: adverbial expression - 'yesterday or day before/previously'

Word Meanings

• *Huggēd* *huggad*: fully reported/certainly told/thoroughly informed
• *taʿazbî*: left/forsook/abandoned
• *môladtēk*: your birthplace/your native land/your kindred
• *tĕmôl* *šilšôm*: before/previously/in the past

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been shown to me all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people which you did not know before.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Boaz{H1162} answered{H6030} and said{H559} unto her, It hath fully{H5046} been showed{H5046} me, all that thou hast done{H6213} unto thy mother-in-law{H2545} since{H310} the death{H4194} of thy husband;{H376} and how thou hast left{H5800} thy father{H1} and thy mother,{H517} and the land{H776} of thy nativity,{H4138} and art come{H3212} unto a people{H5971} that thou knewest{H3045} not heretofore.{H8543}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Boaz{H1162} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto her, It hath fully{H5046}{(H8715)} been shewed{H5046}{(H8717)} me, all that thou hast done{H6213}{(H8804)} unto thy mother in law{H2545} since{H310} the death{H4194} of thine husband{H376}: and how thou hast left{H5800}{(H8799)} thy father{H1} and thy mother{H517}, and the land{H776} of thy nativity{H4138}, and art come{H3212}{(H8799)} unto a people{H5971} which thou knewest{H3045}{(H8804)} not heretofore{H8543}{H8032}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Boos answered and sayde vnto her: It is tolde me alltogether, what thou hast done vnto thy mother in lawe after thy husbades death, how that thou hast left yi father and thy mother, and thy natiue countre, and art come to a people, whom thou hast not knowne afore.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Boaz answered, & said vnto her, All is told and shewed me that thou hast done vnto thy mother in lawe, since the death of thine husband, and how thou hast left thy father & thy mother, and ye land where thou wast borne, & art come vnto a people which thou knewest not in time past.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Booz aunswered and sayde vnto her: Al is tolde & shewed me that thou hast done vnto thy mother in law sence the death of thyne husband: howe thou hast left thy father and thy mother and the land where thou wast borne, and art come vnto a people which thou knewest not in time passed.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Boaz answered her, It has fully been shown me, all that you have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband; and how you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didn't know before.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Boaz answereth and saith to her, `It hath thoroughly been declared to me all that thou hast done with thy mother-in-law, after the death of thy husband, and thou dost leave thy father, and thy mother, and the land of thy birth, and dost come in unto a people which thou hast not known heretofore.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Boaz answering said to her, I have had news of everything you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband; how you went away from your father and mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people who are strange to you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Boaz answered her, "It has fully been shown me, all that you have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband; and how you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didn't know before.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Boaz replied to her,“I have been given a full report of all that you have done for your mother-in-law following the death of your husband– how you left your father and your mother, as well as your homeland, and came to live among people you did not know previously.

Referenced Verses

• Ruth 1:14-22 : 14 They lifted up their voices and wept again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her. 15 Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Return with her." 16 But Ruth replied, "Do not urge me to leave you or to turn back from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you lodge, I will lodge. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. 17 Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me. 18 When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her. 19 So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, "Can this be Naomi?" 20 She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. 21 I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The LORD has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me. 22 So Naomi returned from the fields of Moab, accompanied by Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
• Heb 11:24-26 : 24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. 25 He chose to suffer affliction with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded the reproach for the sake of Christ as greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking forward to the reward.
• Ruth 1:11 : 11 But Naomi replied, "Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Do I still have sons in my womb who could become your husbands?
• Ps 37:5-6 : 5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will act. 6 He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, and your justice like the noonday.
• Ps 45:10 : 10 Daughters of kings are among your noble women; at your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.
• Luke 5:11 : 11 So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything, and followed Him.
• Luke 5:23 : 23 Which is easier: to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?
• Luke 14:33 : 33 In the same way, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions cannot be my disciple.
• Luke 18:29-30 : 29 Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, no one who has left house, parents, brothers, wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God, 30 will fail to receive many times more in this present age and, in the age to come, eternal life.
• Heb 11:8-9 : 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went out to a place he was to receive as an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.