## Ibn Ezra on Ruth Chapter 2

###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:1:1
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:1:1)

מודע. קרוב ידוע, כמו ומודע לבינה תקרא.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A known relative, as in "and understanding you shall call a familiar friend."


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:1:2
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:1:2)

לאישה. מאת אישה והנה הלמ"ד כמו אמרי לי אחי הוא.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Of her husband. From her husband, and here the "lamed" is like in "say he is my brother."


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:1:3
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:1:3)

בועז. אמרו רבותינו ז"ל שהוא אבצן שהיה שופט את ישראל.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Boaz. Our Rabbis of blessed memory said that he is Ivtzan, who was a judge of Israel.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:2:1
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:2:1)

אחר אשר אמצא חן בעיניו. יש אומרים כי הוי"ו שב אל בועז הנזכר. והטעם אולי יהיה. ולפי דעתי שהוי"ו שב אל בעל השדה, ואם לא נזכר בעבור ויקר מקרה, וטעמו כן הוקרה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
After him in whose sight I shall find favour. Some say that the "vav" refers back to Boaz mentioned earlier, and the meaning is "perhaps it will be." In my opinion, the "vav" refers to the owner of the field, even though he is not mentioned, because of "and her chance happened," and its meaning is "coincidence."


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:2:2
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:2:2)

ה' עמכם. לעזור אתכם בעבור שהם עמלים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The Lord be with you. To help you because they are laborers.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:2:3
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:2:3)

יברכך ה'. שיתן ברכה בקציר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
May the Lord bless you. That He will give a blessing in the harvest.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:5:1
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:5:1)

למי הנערה הזאת. חשב שהיא אשת איש. אולי שאל את הנער כי ראה לבושה כלבוש ארצה, גם הצורות משתנות בעבור האוויר, ודרך הדרש ידוע.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Whose maiden is this? He thought she might be a married woman. Perhaps he asked the young man because he saw her dressed in a foreign manner, and also because appearances can change due to the climate. And the homiletical interpretation is well known.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:7:1
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:7:1)

ותבא ותעמד. שתתעסק תמיד בצרכה ולא בדבר אחר שלא יחשדנה בעבור יפיה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
So she came and has continued. That she always busies herself with her own needs and not with anything else, so she would not be suspected because of her beauty.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:7:2
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:7:2)

זה שבתה הבית מעט. זמן מועט.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Scarcely spending any time in the hut. For a short time.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:7:3
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:7:3)

שבתה. שישבה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Spending time. That she sat.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:7:4
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:7:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:7:4)

וטעם בית. כמו סוכה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The meaning of 'hut'. Like a booth (sukkah).


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:8:1
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:8:1)

תעבורי. בשורק תחת חולם, כמו ישפוּטו הם, והיא מלה זרה, בעבור היותה מלרע. אולי היתה כן בעבור שאיננו במקום מוכרת.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Go away. With a shuruk (וּ) instead of a cholam (וֹ), like "they will judge" (ישפוּטו). And it is an unusual word because it is accented on the last syllable. Perhaps it is like this because it is not commonly used.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:8:2
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:8:2)

ונו"ן תדבקין - נוסף.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The nun in תדבקין (keep close) - is extra.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:9:1
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:9:1)

וצמית. בא בבעלי הה"א בסוף.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And when thou art thirsty. It appears among words that have a final "hey" (ה) at the end.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:11:1
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:11:1)

הגד הגד לי. פועל שלא נקרא שם פועלו.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
It has been fully related to me. An action where the agent is not specified.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:11:2
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:11:2)

אשר לא ידעת. לדור עמהם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Whom thou knewest not. To dwell among them.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:12:1
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:12:1)

משכרתך. כמו מתכונת הלבנים, והוא שם מן הבניין הכבד הנוסף בעבור המ"ם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Thy reward. Like "the tally of bricks," it is a noun from the intensive binyan (conjugation) with an additional mem (מ).


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:13:1
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:13:1)

ואנכי לא אהיה. אינני ראויה להיות כאחת שפחותיך.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And I should not be. I am not worthy to be like one of your maidservants.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:14:1
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:14:1)

בחמץ. בעבור החום.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
In the vinegar. Because of the heat.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:14:2
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:14:2)

ותותר. בעבור סוף פסוק כמו זכור מלחמה אל תוסף.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And left. Because it is the end of the verse, like in "remember war, do not add."


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:14:3
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:14:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:14:3)

ויצבט. אין לו חבר ופירושו כמו נתינה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And he reached. It has no parallel, and its meaning is similar to "giving."


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:15:1
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:15:1)

של תשלו. מגזרת שלל. ויש אומרים כמו שגגה מן על השל.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Do not reproach her. Derived from the root שלל (to plunder). Some say it is like an error from [the word] של.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:17:1
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:17:1)

ויהי כאיפה שעורים. פעם אחת שאלני אדם, מה טעם באיפה שעורים. אמרתי לו, אין טעם לשאלה הזאת, כי הכתוב ספר מה היה. אז נקלותי בעיניו, ויאמר לי כי יש לו טעם, ואני החרשתי ממנו ולא שאלתיו. והנה בא ביום אחד ואמר לי, כי יש לו טעמים הרבה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And it was about an ephah of barley. Once a man asked me, what is the significance of 'an ephah of barley'. I told him there is no point to the question because the text simply reports what happened. I appeared foolish in his eyes, and he told me there was indeed a meaning, but I remained silent and did not ask him. Then, one day he came and told me that there are many reasons.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:17:2
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:17:2)

האחד שראתה רות בדרך נבואה כי עתיד היה אחד מבניה להעמיד עמוד על שם בעלה, וטעם 'איפה' - צ"ו רמונים שהיו על העמוד, וזה בגימטריא 'איפה', ופירוש 'שעורים' כמו 'שיעורים' כמו 'שער בנפשו'. וטעם אחר, 'ויהי' - שתי מלות, ארמית ועברית. והיא כאשר ראתה שיתלה אבשלום שהוא מבניה, והנה כ"ף עם אל"ף רמז לשנות אבשלום במותו. ואחר כך 'איפה שערים' - לשון רבים, בעבור היותו כבד עליו. וטעם אחר, כי תחילת אות כאיפה עם תחילת שעורים הוא בגמטריא 'ישי' שהוא צדיק גמור. אז שמח וישב לבו בקרבו.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
One reason is that Ruth saw prophetically that one of her descendants would establish a pillar in the name of her husband, and the term 'ephah' - alludes to the 166 pomegranates that were on the pillar, which in gematria (numerical value) equals 'ephah', and 'barley' as in 'measures' like 'measure of his life'. Another reason, 'and it was' - these two words, one in Aramaic and one in Hebrew. It signifies when she saw that Absalom, one of her descendants, would be hanged, and the letters 'kaf' and 'aleph' hint at the years of Absalom's life until his death. And then 'an ephah of barley' - in plural form, because it was a heavy burden for him. Another reason is that the initial letters of 'ephah' and 'barley' together make 'Jesse' in gematria, who was a complete righteous man. Then he rejoiced and his heart settled within him.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:20:1
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:20:1)

ברוך ה' אשר לא עזב חסדו. לאות כי עשה חסד בתחילה עם אלימלך ועם בניו כי שופט היה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Blessed is the Lord who has not left off His steadfast love. This is a sign that He initially showed kindness to Elimelech and his sons, for he was a judge.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:20:2
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:20:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:20:2)

החיים. נעמי ורות. מגואלנו הוא. אין הגאולה יבום רק הוא דרך אחרת.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The living. Naomi and Ruth. He is our redeemer. The redemption here is not levirate marriage; it is another way.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:22:1
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:22:1)

כי תצאי ללקוט עם נערותיו. ולא עם הנערים שהוא נצב על הקוצרים והקוצרות.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
That you go out to glean with his maidens. And not with the young men, as he is in charge of both the male and female reapers.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:22:2
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:22:2)

ולא יפגעו בך. אנשים וכמוהו רבים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And that they meet thee not. Referring to men and many others like them.


###### Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:23:1
[Ibn Ezra on Ruth 2:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ibn%20Ezra%20on%20Ruth/r/2:23:1)

ותשב את חמותה. כמו עם חמותה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And dwelt with her mother in law. Like, with her mother-in-law.