Ruth 1:6

1:6

shown concern <06485> [visited.]

providing <05414> [in giving.]

Ruth 4:3

4:3

said <0559> [he said.]

Ruth 1:22

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

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 1:1-2

1:1

judges <08199> [the judges.]

judges <08199> [ruled. Heb. judged. a famine.]

Bethlehem <01035> [Beth-lehem-judah.]

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.]