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THE HOLY BIBLE (Darby Translation) Darby's Notes on Ruth
Chapter Selection:

1:1a ruled

Shaphat, lit. 'judged.'

1:1b country

Lit. 'fields,' 'farmlands,' as ver. 6, and elsewhere. As 2Kings 8:3, 5.

1:2c Elimelech

Meaning, 'whose God is king.'

1:2d Naomi

Meaning, 'my pleasantness.'

1:20a Mara

Meaning, 'bitter,' or 'bitterness.'

2:1b relation

Or 'friend,' 'acquaintance.'

2:1c Boaz

Meaning, 'in him is strength.'

2:3d allotment

Lit. 'portion of the field.'

2:5e servant

Or 'young man:' also ver. 6, as Judg. 19:3 and 9.

2:10f foreigner

Or 'stranger.'

2:13g to

Lit. 'spoken to the heart of.'

2:13h handmaid

Or 'bondwoman.'

2:16a out

According to others, 'let fall.'

2:16b handfuls

Or 'sheaves;' the word is only found in this place.

2:20c redemption

See Lev. 25:25.

3:3d Wash

Or 'bathe,' as elsewhere.

3:9e skirt

Lit. 'wing,' as Ex. 19:4; Ps. 36:7.

3:15a went

Some read 'she went.'

4:4b thought

Lit. 'said.'

4:4c thee

Lit. 'uncover thine ear:' so in 1Sam. 9:15; 20:2, 12, 13.

4:4d inhabitants

Or 'before those that sit here.'

4:5e field

As 'country,' ch. 1:1.

4:14a redemption

Or 'without a redeemer;' it refers to the son born, i.e. Obed.

4:17b Obed

Meaning, 'worshipper' or 'servant.'

4:18c generations

As Gen. 2:4

4:20d Salmon

Or Salma.