Ruth 1:21
Lord ................. Lord ....... Sovereign One <03068 07706> [and the.]
Lord ................. Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Ruth 2:17
gathered .............. gathered <03950> [she gleaned.]
pounds <0374> [ephah.]
Ruth 3:15
shawl <04304> [vail. or sheet, or apron.]
The word {mitpachath} has been variously rendered. The LXX. translate it [ ,] an apron, and Vulgate, {pallium,} a cloak. By the circumstances of the story, it must have been of a considerable size; and accordingly Dr. Shaw thinks it was no other than the {hyke,} the finer sort of which, such as are still worn by ladies and persons of distinction among the Arabs, he takes to answer to the [ ,] or robe, of the ancient Greeks.
measured out <04058> [he measured.]
sixty .... barley <08337 08184> [six measures.]
The quantity of this barley is uncertain. The Targum renders it, {shith sein,} "six {seahs."} A {seah} contained about two gallons and a half, six of which must have been a very heavy load for a woman, and so the Targumist thought, for he adds, "And she received strength from the Lord to carry it."
Ruth 1:7
leave <03318> [she went.]
<03212> [they went.]
Ruth 2:16
Ruth 3:18
Stay <03427> [Sit still.]
Ruth 2:22
Ruth <07327> [Ruth.]
Ruth is said, by the Targumist, to have been the daughter of Eglon, king of Moab.
good <02896> [It is good.]
harmed <06293> [meet. or, fall not upon thee.]
Ruth 1:13
wait <07663> [tarry. Heb. hope. it grieveth me much. Heb. I have much bitterness. the hand.]
Ruth 2:18
saved <03498> [she had reserved.]
Ruth 2:3
gathered <03950> [gleaned.]
happened ... end up <04745 07136> [hap was. Heb. hap happened.]
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 2:6
servant <05288> [the servant.]
This seems to have been a kind of steward, who had the under- management of the estate.
Moabite <04125> [It is the.]
Ruth 4:1
village gate <08179> [to the gate.]
guardian <01350> [the kinsman.]
Ruth 3:16
daughter <01323> [Who art thou.]
Or, as the Vulgate renders, {Quid egisti filia?} "What hast thou done, my daughter?"
Ruth 4:3
said <0559> [he said.]
Ruth 2:2
gather grain <03950 07641> [glean ears.]
