Ruth 1:4

And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
took	וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ vai.yis.'U	H5375	to lift · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
wives	נָשִׁים֙ na.Shim	H802	a woman · noun, common masculine plural absolute
women	אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh	H802	a woman
Moab	מֹֽאֲבִיּ֔וֹת mo.'a.vi.Yot	H4125	a Moabite or Moabitess · noun, gentilic feminine plural absolute
name	שֵׁ֤ם shem	H8034	an appellation · noun, common masculine singular construct
one	הָֽאַחַת֙ ha.'a.Chat	H259	properly · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
Orpah	עָרְפָּ֔ה 'a.re.Pah	H6204	Orpah · proper noun, a woman's name
name	וְשֵׁ֥ם ve.Shem	H8034	an appellation · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
other	הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית ha.she.Nit	H8145	properly · definite article + ordinal number, feminine singular absolute
Ruth	ר֑וּת Rut	H7327	Ruth · proper noun, a woman's name
dwelled	וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ vai.Ye.she.vu	H3427	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
ten	כְּעֶ֥שֶׂר ke.'E.ser	H6235	ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
years	שָׁנִֽים sha.Nim	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Matthew 1:5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
Deuteronomy 7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
Deuteronomy 23:3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congr…
1 Kings 11:1-2 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:1-5

The first words give all the date we have of this story. It was in the days when the judges ruled (Rut 1:1), not in those disorderly times when there was no king in Israel; but under which of the judges these things happened we are not told, and the conjectures of the learned are very uncertain. It must have been towards the beginning of the judges' time, for Boaz, who married Ruth, was born of Rahab, who received the spies in Joshua's time. Some think it was in the days of Ehud, others of Deborah; the learned bishop Patrick inclines to think it was in the days of Gideon, because in his days only we read of a famine by the Midianites' invasion, Jdg 6:3, Jdg 6:4. While the judges were ruling,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 1:2

Elimelech--signifies "My God is king." Naomi--"fair or pleasant"; and their two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, are supposed to be the same as Joash and Saraph (Ch1 4:22). Ephrathites--The ancient name of Beth-lehem was Ephrath (Gen 35:19; Gen 48:7), which was continued after the occupation of the land by the Hebrews, even down to the time of the prophet Micah (Mic 5:2). Beth-lehem-judah--so called to distinguish it from a town of the same name in Zebulun. The family, compelled to emigrate to Moab through pressure of a famine, settled for several years in that country. After the death of their father, the two sons married Moabite women. This was a violation of the Mosaic law (Deu 7:3; Deu 23…

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Adam Clarke on Ruth 1:4

And they took them wives - The Targum very properly observes, that they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and took to themselves strange women.

John Gill on Ruth 1:4

And they took them wives of the women of Moab,.... Not before they were proselyted to the Jewish religion, as Aben Ezra thinks, and which seems plainly to be the case of Ruth; at least she was so afterwards, if not before; and also of Orpah, as the same writer concludes from Ruth 1:15 though others are of a different opinion, and some excuse their marriage, and others condemn it as unlawful, among whom is the Targumist, who paraphrases the words,"and they transgressed the decree of the Word of the Lord, and took to them strange wives of the daughters of Moab;''however it was so permitted by the Lord, and ordered in Providence, that from one of them the Messiah might spring: and the name of…

Dictionary and topics

Chillon — (pining, sickly), the son of Naomi and husband of Ruth. (Ruth 1:2-5; 4:9) (B.C. 1250.)
Orpah — Forelock or fawn, a Moabitess, the wife of Chilion (Ruth 1:4; 4:10). On the death of her husband she accompanied Naomi, her mother-in-law, part of the way to Bethlehem, and then returned to Moab.
Chilion · A — A
Moabites · Are a snare to the Israelites — Are a snare to the Israelites
Orpah · The less famous daughter-in-law of Naomi — The less famous daughter-in-law of Naomi
Readings, Select · LIGHTS AND SHADOWS — LIGHTS AND SHADOWS
Ruth · The daughter-in-law of Naomi — The daughter-in-law of Naomi
Wives · Good — Exemplified: Orpah and Ruth — Good — Exemplified: Orpah and Ruth

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 1:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:1-5

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 1:2

Adam Clarke on Ruth 1:4

John Gill on Ruth 1:4

Dictionary and topics

Ruth 1:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:1-5

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 1:2

Adam Clarke on Ruth 1:4

John Gill on Ruth 1:4

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ruth 1:1-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ruth 1:4

Rashi on Ruth 1:3