Ruth 1:22

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Naomi	נָעֳמִ֗י no.'o.Mi	H5281	Noomi · proper noun, a woman's name
returned	וַתָּ֣שָׁב va.Ta.shov	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
Ruth	וְר֨וּת ve.Rut	H7327	Ruth · conjunction + proper noun, a woman's name
Moabitess	הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤ה ha.mo.'a.vi.Yah	H4125	a Moabite or Moabitess · definite article + noun, gentilic feminine singular absolute
law	כַלָּתָהּ֙ kha.la.Tah	H3618	a bride (as if perfect) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
returned	הַשָּׁ֖בָה ha.Sha.vah	H7725	to turn back (hence · definite article + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
country	מִשְּׂדֵ֣י mi.se.Dei	H7704	a field (as flat) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Moab	מוֹאָ֑ב mo.'Av	H4124	Moab · proper noun, a place name
came	בָּ֚אוּ Ba.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
Beth-lehem	בֵּ֣ית beit	H1035	Beth-Lechem · proper noun, a place name
beginning	בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת bit.chi.Lat	H8462	a commencement · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
barley	שְׂעֹרִֽים se.'o.Rim	H8184	barley (as villose) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
harvest	קְצִ֥יר ke.Tzir	H7105	severed · noun, common masculine singular construct

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Cross-references

Ruth 2:23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
2 Samuel 21:9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together,…
Exodus 9:31-32 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:19–end

Naomi and Ruth, after many a weary step (the fatigue of the journey, we may suppose, being somewhat relieved by the good instructions Naomi gave to her proselyte and the good discourse they had together), came at last to Bethlehem. And they came very seasonably, in the beginning of the barley-harvest, which was the first of their harvests, that of wheat following after. Now Naomi's own eyes might convince her of the truth of what she had heard in the country of Moab, that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread, and Ruth might see this good land in its best state; and now they had opportunity to provide for winter. Our times are in God's hand, both the events and the time of the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 1:22

in the beginning of barley harvest--corresponding to the end of our March. Next: Ruth Chapter 2

Adam Clarke on Ruth 1:22

In the beginning of barley harvest - This was in the beginning of spring, for the barley harvest began immediately after the passover, and that feast was held on the 15th of the month Nisan, which corresponds nearly with our March. The Targum says, "They came to Beth-lehem on that day in which the children of Israel began to mow the sheaf of barley which was to be waved before the Lord." This circumstance is the more distinctly marked, because of Ruth's gleaning, mentioned in the succeeding chapter. 1. The native, the amiable simplicity, in which the story of the preceding chapter is told, is a proof of its genuineness. There are several sympathetic circumstances recorded here which no forge…

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John Gill on Ruth 1:22

So Naomi returned,.... Aben, Ezra thinks this is to be understood of her returning at another time; but it is only an observation of the writer of this history, to excite the attention of the reader to this remarkable event, and particularly to what follows: and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter in law with her, which returned out of the country of Moab; to Bethlehem, the birth place of the Messiah, and who was to spring from her a Gentile; and which, that it might be the more carefully remarked, she is called a Moabitess, and said to return out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest; which began on the second day of the feast of unleavened brea…

Dictionary and topics

Barley — A grain much cultivated in Egypt (Ex. 9:31) and in Palestine (Lev. 27:16; Deut. 8:8). It was usually the food of horses (1 Kings 4:28). Barley bread was used by the poorer people (Judg. 7:13; 2 Kings…
Harvest, The · Of barley at the passover — Of barley at the passover
Readings, Select · LIGHTS AND SHADOWS — LIGHTS AND SHADOWS
Ruth · Goes to Bethlehe — Goes to Bethlehe

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ruth 1:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:19–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 1:22

Adam Clarke on Ruth 1:22

John Gill on Ruth 1:22

Dictionary and topics

Ruth 1:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:19–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 1:22

Adam Clarke on Ruth 1:22

John Gill on Ruth 1:22

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ruth 1:19–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ruth 1:22

Rashi on Ruth 1:22