Ruth 1:17
Lord <03068> [the lord.]
death <04194> [but death.]
Ruth 1:1
judges <08199> [the judges.]
judges <08199> [ruled. Heb. judged. a famine.]
Bethlehem <01035> [Beth-lehem-judah.]
Ruth 3:17
Ruth 1:1
judges <08199> [the judges.]
judges <08199> [ruled. Heb. judged. a famine.]
Bethlehem <01035> [Beth-lehem-judah.]
Ruth 1:22
beginning <08462> [in the beginning.]
At the beginning of Spring; for the barley harvest began immediately after the passover, and that festival was held on the 15th of Nisan, corresponding nearly with our March.
Ruth 1:2
Elimelech <0458> [Elimelech.]
The Rabbins say, that Elimelech was the son of Salmon, who married Rahab; and that Naomi was his niece.
Naomi <05281> [Naomi.]
Mahlon <04248> [Mahlon.]
It is imagined, and not without probability, that Mahlon and Chilion are the same with Joash and Saraph, mentioned in 1 Ch 4:22.
Ephrath <0673> [Ephrathites.]
[continued. Heb. were.]
Ruth 3:9
Ruth <07327> [Ruth.]
Marry <06566 03671> [spread therefore.]
Hebrew "spread thy wing;" the emblem of protection; and a metaphor taken from the young of fowls, which run under the wings of their mother from birds of prey. Even to the present day, when a Jew marries a woman, he throws the skirts of his {talith} over her, to signify that he has taken her under his protection.
guardian of the family interests <01350> [a near kinsman. or, one that has right to redeem.]
Ruth 3:1
find <01245> [shall I not.]
secure <03190> [may be.]
Ruth 1:13
wait <07663> [tarry. Heb. hope. it grieveth me much. Heb. I have much bitterness. the hand.]
Ruth 1:1
judges <08199> [the judges.]
judges <08199> [ruled. Heb. judged. a famine.]
Bethlehem <01035> [Beth-lehem-judah.]
