Ruth 4:5

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

  vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

• בֹּ֔עַזBoaz

  boazH1162 →24 times

• בְּיוֹם־on [the] day

  beyom-H3117 →2304 times

• קְנוֹתְךָ֥acquiring you

  kenotchaH7069 →84 times

• הַשָּׂדֶ֖הthe field

  hasadehH7704 →334 times

• מִיַּ֣דfrom [the] hand of

  miyadH3027 →1618 times

• נָעֳמִ֑יNaomi

  noomiH5281 →21 times

• וּ֠מֵאֵתand from with

  umeetH854 →929 times

• ר֣וּתRuth

  rutH7327 →12 times

• הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤הthe Moabite [woman]

  hamoaviyahH4125 →16 times

• אֵֽשֶׁת־[the] wife of

  ʾeshet-H802 →781 times

• הַמֵּת֙the dead [man]

  hametH4191 →839 times

• קָנִ֔יתָהyou have acquired

  kanitiH7069 →84 times

• לְהָקִ֥יםto raise up

  lehakimH6965 →628 times

• שֵׁם־[the] name of

  shem-H8034 →864 times

• הַמֵּ֖תthe dead [man]

  hametH4191 →839 times

• עַל־over

  ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

• נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃inheritance his

  nachalatoH5159 →222 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Matthew 22:24

  “Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.

  it leads to

  • Deuteronomy 25:5–10

    When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty…

    Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

  • Luke 20:28

    “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

• Through

  Genesis 38:8

  Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”

  it leads to

  • Ruth 1:11

    But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Matthew 22:23–27

    That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.

  • Ruth 4:5–11

    Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name…

  • Leviticus 18:16

    You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.

• Through

  Luke 20:28

  “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

  it leads to

  • Genesis 38:8

    Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”

  • Genesis 38:11

    Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went…