Ruth 1:1-9
judges <08199> [the judges.]
judges <08199> [ruled. Heb. judged. a famine.]
Bethlehem <01035> [Beth-lehem-judah.]
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.]
left <07604> [and she was.]
So .... married <05375> [they took.]
The Targum says, "they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and took to them strange women."
women <0802> [wives.]
Ruth <07327> [Ruth.]
Mahlon <04248> [A.M. 2696. B.C. 1308. An. Ex. Is. 183. Mahlon.]
Naomi's ........ died <04191> [died.]
The Targum adds, "And because they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and joined affinity with strange people, therefore their days were cut off."
woman <0802> [and the woman.]
shown concern <06485> [visited.]
providing <05414> [in giving.]
leave <03318> [she went.]
<03212> [they went.]
<03212> [Go.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
deceased husbands <04191> [the dead.]
security <04496> [rest.]
kissed <05401> [she kissed.]
