{"def":{"lit":"fleetness","short":"Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple","long":["ancestor of David, kinsman-redeemer to Ruth, daughter-in-law of Naomi","name of the left of two brazen pillars, 18 cubits high, erected in the porch of Solomon's temple"]},"deriv":"from an unused root of uncertain meaning","pronun":{"ipa":"boˈʕɑd͡z","ipa_mod":"bo̞wˈʕɑz","sbl":"bōʿaz","dic":"boh-ADZ","dic_mod":"boh-AZ"}}