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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said Boˊaz to_servant_his the_in_charge over the_reapers to_whom the_young_woman the_this.
OET (OET-RV) Then he asked the foreman of the harvesters, “Whose daughter is that young woman over there?”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
הַנִּצָּ֖ב עַל
the,in_charge on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in
Here, set over is an idiom that means “managing.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “who was overseeing” or “who was in charge of”
Note 2 topic: translate-kinship
לְמִ֖י הַנַּעֲרָ֥ה הַזֹּֽאת
to,whom the,young_woman the,this
In that culture, women were under the authority of their male relatives. Boaz was asking whom Ruth’s husband or father might be. He did not think that Ruth was a slave.
2:5 Boaz recognized Ruth as a marriageable young woman (Hebrew na‘arah).
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said Boˊaz to_servant_his the_in_charge over the_reapers to_whom the_young_woman the_this.
OET (OET-RV) Then he asked the foreman of the harvesters, “Whose daughter is that young woman over there?”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.