Job 19:14
failed <07138> [kinsfolk.]
friends <03045> [familiar.]
Ruth 1:19-21
village <05892> [all the city.]
From this it would appear that Naomi was not only well known, but also highly respected at Beth-lehem: a proof that Elimelech was of high consideration at that place.
Naomi <05281> [Is this Naomi?]
Naomi <05281> [Naomi. that is, Pleasant. Mara. that is, Bitter. the]
Almighty.
very <03966> [dealt.]
Lord ................. Lord ....... Sovereign One <03068 07706> [and the.]
Lord ................. Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Lamentations 4:7-8
consecrated ones <05139> [Nazarites.]
brighter <02141> [purer.]
hair <01508> [their polishing.]
{Gizrathom,} rendered by Dr. Blayney, "their veining," from {gazar,} to divide, intersect, as the blue veins do the surface of the body. This is approved by Dr. A. Clarke, who remarks, "Milk will most certainly well apply to the whiteness of the skin; the beautiful ruby to the ruddiness of the flesh; and the sapphire, in its clear, transcendent purple, to the veins in a fine complexion."
appearance <08389> [visage.]
darker ... soot <07815 02821> [blacker than a coal. Heb. darker than blackness.]
Or, as Dr. Blayney renders, "duskier than the dawn;" {shachar} signifying "the dawn of the day, when it is neither light nor dark, but between both, at which time objects are not easily distinguished."
recognized <05234> [they.]
skin <05785> [their skin.]
