Ruth 3:10
rewarded <01288> [Blessed.]
before <07223> [at the beginning.]
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 2:8
dear <01323> [my daughter.]
beyond <05674> [neither.]
limits <01692> [abide.]
Ruth 4:20
Nachshon Nachshon <05177> [Nahshon.]
[Naasson. Salmon. or, Samlah.]
Ruth 2:20
rewarded <01288> [Blessed.]
because .... shown <05800> [hath not.]
guardian <01350> [one of our. or, one that hath right to redeem.]
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 1:5
Mahlon <04248> [A.M. 2696. B.C. 1308. An. Ex. Is. 183. Mahlon.]
Naomi's ........ died <04191> [died.]
The Targum adds, "And because they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and joined affinity with strange people, therefore their days were cut off."
woman <0802> [and the woman.]
Ruth 3:8
Ruth 4:10-11
acquired <07069> [have I.]
descendant ......... name <08034> [the name.]
witnesses <05707> [ye are witnesses.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Rachel <07354> [Rachel.]
built <01129> [build.]
make ........................ prosper <02428 06213> [do thou worthily. or, get thee riches, or power. Ephratah.]
<07121> [be famous. Heb. proclaim thy name.]
Ruth 3:1
find <01245> [shall I not.]
secure <03190> [may be.]
Ruth 3:9
Ruth <07327> [Ruth.]
Marry <06566 03671> [spread therefore.]
Hebrew "spread thy wing;" the emblem of protection; and a metaphor taken from the young of fowls, which run under the wings of their mother from birds of prey. Even to the present day, when a Jew marries a woman, he throws the skirts of his {talith} over her, to signify that he has taken her under his protection.
guardian of the family interests <01350> [a near kinsman. or, one that has right to redeem.]
Ruth 4:14
women <0802> [the women.]
praised <01288> [Blessed.]
<07673> [which hath.]
today <07673 03117> [left thee. Heb. caused to cease unto thee. kinsman, or, redeemer. that his.]
Ruth 1:12
old <02204> [too old.]
married <0376> [I should have. or, I were with.]
Ruth 2:13
kind <04672> [Let me find. or, I find favour.]
encouraged <03820> [friendly. Heb. to the heart.]
one <0259> [not like.]
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 3:4
uncover ... legs <04772 01540> [uncover his feet. or, lift up the clothes that are on his feet.]
Ruth 4:7
man ... remove <0376 08025> [a man plucked off.]
This custom does not refer to the law about refusing to marry a brother's widow, but was usual in the transfer of inheritances: for this relative was not a brother, but simply a kinsman; and the shoe was not pulled off by Ruth, but by the kinsman himself. The Targumist, instead of his shoe, renders "his right hand glove," it probably being the custom, in his time, to give that instead of a shoe. Jarchi says, "When we purchase any thing new, it is customary to give, instead of a shoe, a handkerchief or veil."
