11. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ruth 2:11:1 ⧉וַיַּ֤עַןvayaanand he answered Ruth 2:11:2 ⧉בֹּ֙עַז֙boazBoaz Ruth 2:11:3 ⧉וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomerand he said Ruth 2:11:4 ⧉לָ֔הּlahto her Ruth 2:11:5 ⧉הֻגֵּ֨דhugedit was surely told Ruth 2:11:6 ⧉הֻגַּ֜דhugadit was told Ruth 2:11:7 ⧉לִ֗יlito me Ruth 2:11:8 ⧉כֹּ֤לkolall Ruth 2:11:9 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂית֙asherasititthat you did Ruth 2:11:10 ⧉אֶת־חֲמוֹתֵ֔ךְetkhamotekh{direct object} your mother-in-law Ruth 2:11:11 ⧉אַחֲרֵ֖יakhareafter Ruth 2:11:12 ⧉מ֣וֹתmotthe death of Ruth 2:11:13 ⧉אִישֵׁ֑ךְishekhyour husband Ruth 2:11:14 ⧉וַתַּֽעַזְבִ֞יvataazveand you left Ruth 2:11:15 ⧉אָּבִ֣יךְavikhyour father Ruth 2:11:16 ⧉וְאִמֵּ֗ךְveimekhand your mother Ruth 2:11:17 ⧉וְאֶ֙רֶץ֙veeretsand {the} land of Ruth 2:11:18 ⧉מֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֔ךְmoladtekhyour birth place Ruth 2:11:19 ⧉וַתֵּ֣לְכִ֔יvatelekhiand you went Ruth 2:11:20 ⧉אֶל־עַ֕םelamto a people Ruth 2:11:21 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherwhom or which Ruth 2:11:22 ⧉לֹא־יָדַ֖עַתְּloyadaatyou did not know Ruth 2:11:23 ⧉תְּמ֥וֹלtemolformerly Ruth 2:11:24 ⧉שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃shilshomthree days ago or previously |
11. Formal Translation And Boaz answered and said to her, “It has been fully reported to me all that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband, and how you left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people whom you did not know before.” |
11. Dynamic Translation Boaz replied, “I have heard the whole story about everything you did for your mother-in-law after your husband died—how you left your father, mother, and your home country, and came to live among a people you had never known before.” |