Ruth 2:14

Later during the mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here and have ¹  some food! Dip your bread ²  in the vinegar!” So she sat down beside the harvesters. Then he handed ³  her some roasted grain. She ate until she was full and saved the rest. ⁴ 

De 8:10; De 11:15; Ru 2:18; 1Sa 17:17; 1Sa 25:18; 2Sa 17:28; 2Ki 4:43,44; Job 31:16-22; Ps 23:5; Pr 11:24,25; Isa 32:8; Isa 58:7,10,11; Mt 14:20; Lu 14:12-14

¹ tn Heb “eat” (so KJV, NRSV).

² tn Heb “your portion”; NRSV “your morsel.”

³ tn The Hebrew verb צָבַט (tsavat) occurs only here in the OT. Cf. KJV, ASV “he reached her”; NASB “he served her”; NIV “he offered her”; NRSV “he heaped up for her.” For discussion of its meaning, including the etymological evidence, see BDB 840 s.v.; R. L. Hubbard, Jr., Ruth (NICOT), 174; and F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther (WBC), 125-26.

⁴ tn Heb “and she ate and she was satisfied and she had some left over” (NASB similar).