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Ruthchapter 1

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Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law, Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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Ruth 1Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Ruth 1:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

Ibn Ezra on Ruth 1:11

Ibn EzraSpain, 1089–1167· Commentary
"Are there yet any more sons in my womb?" Many of our colleagues thought that this response was directed at those who deny (the custom), not realizing that our ancestors transmitted that levirate marriage (yibbum) applies to brothers from the father, not from the mother. She was simply saying to them, if I had sons in my womb, I would give them to you in place of the deceased.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Sefaria Community Translation

Ruth 1:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

Rashi on Ruth 1:15

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
See, your sister-in-law has gone back. In this [word], the accent is at the beginning [on the first syllable] under the shin, because it is in the past tense. [But,] “and in the morning she would return,” 22 Megillas Esther:14.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001