Ruth 2:8
dear <01323> [my daughter.]
beyond <05674> [neither.]
limits <01692> [abide.]
Ruth 1:16
Ruth <07327> [Ruth.]
A more perfect surrender of friendly feelings to a friend was never made. This was a most extraordinary and disinterested attachment.
urging .... abandon <06293 05800> [Intreat me not. or, Be not against me. to leave.]
<03212> [whither.]
people ..... people <05971> [thy people.]
God ..... God <0430> [thy God.]
Ruth 2:2
gather grain <03950 07641> [glean ears.]
Ruth 1:18
realized <07200> [When.]
determined <0553> [was stedfastly minded. Heb. strengthened herself.]
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 3:17
Ruth 3:4
uncover ... legs <04772 01540> [uncover his feet. or, lift up the clothes that are on his feet.]
Ruth 2:9
leave ... alone ..... thirsty <05060 06770> [touch thee.]
follow ...................... go <01980> [go.]
Ruth 1:8
<03212> [Go.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
deceased husbands <04191> [the dead.]
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 3:3
rub on some perfumed oil ... get <05480 07760> [anoint thee.]
get dressed up <07760 08071> [put thy.]
Ruth 1:10
return <07725> [Surely.]
Ruth 1:12
old <02204> [too old.]
married <0376> [I should have. or, I were with.]
Ruth 3:16
daughter <01323> [Who art thou.]
Or, as the Vulgate renders, {Quid egisti filia?} "What hast thou done, my daughter?"
Ruth 1:15
returning ............ back <07725> [gone back.]
god <0430> [and unto.]
They were probably both idolaters at this time. That they were proselytes is an unfounded conjecture; and the conversion of Ruth now only commenced.
god <0430> [her gods.]
returning ............ back <07725> [return.]
Ruth 3:10
rewarded <01288> [Blessed.]
before <07223> [at the beginning.]
Ruth 1:7
leave <03318> [she went.]
<03212> [they went.]
Ruth 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.
Ruth 1:6
shown concern <06485> [visited.]
providing <05414> [in giving.]