Ruth 1:3
left <07604> [and she was.]
Ruth 1:11
sons <01121> [are there.]
This alludes to the custom that when a married brother died, without leaving posterity, his brother should take his widow; and the children of such marriages were accounted those of the deceased brother. This address of Naomi to her daughter-in-law is exceedingly tender, persuasive, and affecting.
<0582> [that they.]
Ruth 4:13
Boaz <01162> [A.M. 2697. B.C. 1307. An. Ex. Is. 184. Boaz.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Ruth 4:15
provide <03557> [a nourisher, etc. Heb. to nourish thy grey hairs.]
daughter-in-law <03618> [for thy.]
better <02896> [better.]
Ruth 4:17
neighbor <07934> [the women.]
Obed <05744> [Obed.]
That is, [douleuon,] serving, or a servant, as Josephus interprets it.
Ruth 1:1-2
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.]
Ruth 1:12
old <02204> [too old.]
married <0376> [I should have. or, I were with.]
