Ruth 3:9-11

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.]

3:10

rewarded <01288> [Blessed.]

before <07223> [at the beginning.]

3:11

village <08179> [city. Heb. gate.]

Ruth 3:16

3:16

daughter <01323> [Who art thou.]

Or, as the Vulgate renders, {Quid egisti filia?} "What hast thou done, my daughter?"

Ruth 4:6

4:6

unable ........................ unable <03201> [I cannot.]

The Targum seems to give the proper sense of this passage: "I cannot redeem it, because I have a wife already; and it is not fit for me to bring another into my house, lest brawling and contention arise in it; and lest I hurt my own inheritance. Do thou redeem it, for thou has no wife; which hinders me from redeeming it."

Ruth 4:9-10

4:9

witnesses <05707> [Ye are witnesses.]

4:10

acquired <07069> [have I.]

descendant ......... name <08034> [the name.]

witnesses <05707> [ye are witnesses.]