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OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_said Rūt the_Mōʼāⱱitess also DOM_that he_said to_me with the_servants who to_me stay_close until (if) they_have_completed DOM all the_harvest which to_me.
OET (OET-RV) “He also told me,” said Ruth the Moabitess, “to stay with his workers until they finish the harvesting.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
גַּ֣ם ׀ כִּי־אָמַ֣ר אֵלַ֗י
also/yet that/for/because/then/when he/it_had_said to=me
The implication is that what follows is beyond what anyone would have expected a landowner to say to Ruth. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “He even said to me”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
אָמַ֣ר אֵלַ֗י עִם־הַנְּעָרִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־לִי֙ תִּדְבָּקִ֔ין עַ֣ד אִם־כִּלּ֔וּ אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַקָּצִ֖יר אֲשֶׁר־לִֽי
he/it_had_said to=me with the,servants which/who to=me stay_close, until if finished DOM all/each/any/every the,harvest which/who to=me
natural laIf your language would not use a direct quotation inside of a direct quotation, you could translate the second direct quotation as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: “He said that I should keep close by his servants until they have finished all of his harvest”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
עִם־הַנְּעָרִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־לִי֙ תִּדְבָּקִ֔ין
with the,servants which/who to=me stay_close,
The implication is that Boaz wants to protect and provide for Ruth. Boaz was expressing confidence that his workers would not harm Ruth. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: "I want you to glean safely, near my field workers,"
2:21 The author refers to Ruth as (literally) “Ruth the Moabite” five times (1:22; 2:2, 21; 4:5, 10), reminding us repeatedly that Ruth was not an Israelite.
OET (OET-LV) And_she/it_said Rūt the_Mōʼāⱱitess also DOM_that he_said to_me with the_servants who to_me stay_close until (if) they_have_completed DOM all the_harvest which to_me.
OET (OET-RV) “He also told me,” said Ruth the Moabitess, “to stay with his workers until they finish the harvesting.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.