Text -- Ruth 1:3 (NET)

1:3 Sometime later Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, so she and her two sons were left alone.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Rut 1:3

¹ tn Heb “And Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died.” The vav (ו) functions in a consecutive sense (“then”), but the time-frame is not explicitly stated.