Ruth Pursuit

There are no Hophal verbs in Ruth 1, so there will be no Ruth Pursuit for Lessons 32 or 33.

There ARE two Hophal verbs in 2:11. Can you find them?
- 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׃
- There are only six HpA forms in all of the Hebrew Bible (and some sources say there are only five). One of those forms is in Ruth 2:11. Note how \(V_S\) is Tsere for the HpA verb, and how \(V_S\) is Qamets in the HpP3ms verb that follows.
- The verb root is נגד
- The Dagesh Forte in the Gimmel represents the assimilated 1נ
Dr. Beckman explains, “Infinitive Absolutes typically underscore the certainty of something. But in this past tense context where Boaz uses the word כֹּל, it seems more likely that he is referring to the completeness of the report that he has received.”¹⁴⁵