Ruth 2:3-7

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gathered <03950> [gleaned.]

happened ... end up <04745 07136> [hap was. Heb. hap happened.]

2:4

Lord ......... Lord <03068> [The Lord.]

greeted ........... replied <0559> [And they.]

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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.]

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follow <03950> [I pray.]

working hard <05975> [continued.]

resting hut <01004> [in the house.]

It seems that the reapers were now resting in a tent, erected for that purpose; and that Ruth had just gone in with them, to take her rest also.

Ruth 2:15-23

2:15

gather ......... her gather grain ...... Don't chase her <03950> [glean.]

The word glean comes from the French {glaner} to gather ears or grains of corn. This was formerly a general custom in England and Ireland: the poor went into the fields, and collected the straggling ears of corn after the reapers; and it was long supposed that this was their right, and that the law recognized it; but although it has been an old custom, it is now settled by a solemn judgment of the Court of Common Pleas, that a right to glean in the harvest field cannot be claimed by any person at common law. Any person may permit or prevent it on his own grounds. By the Irish Acts, 25 Henry VIII. c. 1, and 28 Henry VIII. c. 24, gleaning and leasing are so restricted as to be in fact prohibited in that part of the United Kingdom.

off <03637> [reproach. Heb. shame.]

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2:17

gathered .............. gathered <03950> [she gleaned.]

pounds <0374> [ephah.]

2:18

saved <03498> [she had reserved.]

2:19

rewarded <01288> [blessed.]

Boaz <01162> [Boaz.]

2:20

rewarded <01288> [Blessed.]

because .... shown <05800> [hath not.]

guardian <01350> [one of our. or, one that hath right to redeem.]

2:21

gathering <01692> [Thou shalt.]

servants <05288> [young men.]

The word {hann‰ƒrim} should be translated the servants; both male and female being included in it, the latter especially: see ver. 8, 22, 23.

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.]

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