Ruth 2:1 BSB — MannaFest

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10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּֽלְנָעֳמִ֞י	u.le.no.'o.Mi	and [belonged] to Naomi	H5281 →
מוֹדַ֣ע	me.yu.da'	a relative	H4129 →
לְאִישָׁ֗הּ	le.'i.Shah	of husband her	H376 →
אִ֚ישׁ	'ish	a man	H376 →
גִּבּ֣וֹר	gi.Bor	mighty of	H1368 →
חַ֔יִל	Cha.yil	wealth	H2428 →
מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַת	mi.mish.Pa.chat	from [the] clan of	H4940 →
אֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְ	'e.li.Me.lekh	Elimelech	H458 →
וּשְׁמ֖וֹ	u.she.Mo	and name his	H8034 →
בֹּֽעַז׃	Bo.'az	[was] Boaz	H1162 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 1:5
Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
leads to
- Ruth 1:16–17
  But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be…
- Hebrews 11:31
  By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
- James 2:25
  In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?
- Joshua 6:22–25
  Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised…
- Ruth 1:22
  So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
Through
Ruth 3:2
Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
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…
Through
Ruth 3:12
Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I.
leads to
- Ruth 4:1
  Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went…
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6
  and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Ruth 4:21Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,Ruth 3:2Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.Ruth 3:12Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I.Matthew 1:5Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,1 Chronicles 2:10–12Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.Ruth 1:2The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.Deuteronomy 8:17–18You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”2 Kings 15:20Menahem exacted this money from each of the wealthy men of Israel—fifty shekels of silver from each man—to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.Luke 3:32the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,Job 1:3and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.Judges 12:8–10After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.Job 31:25if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,

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