Ruth 4:5

Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Boaz	בֹּ֔עַז Bo.'az	H1162	Boaz · proper noun, a man's name
day	בְּיוֹם be.yom-	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
buyest	קְנוֹתְךָ֥ ke.not.Cha	H7069	to erect · verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
field	הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה ha.sa.Deh	H7704	a field (as flat) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
hand	מִיַּ֣ד mi.Yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
Naomi	נָעֳמִ֑י no.'o.Mi	H5281	Noomi · proper noun, a woman's name
buy	קָנִ֔יתָה ka.ni.ti	H7069	to erect · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
Ruth	ר֣וּת rut	H7327	Ruth · 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
wife	אֵֽשֶׁת 'e.shet-	H802	a woman · noun, common feminine singular construct
dead	הַמֵּת֙ ha.Met	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
up	לְהָקִ֥ים le.ha.Kim	H6965	to rise (in various applications · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
name	שֵׁם shem-	H8034	an appellation · noun, common masculine singular construct
dead	הַמֵּ֖ת ha.Met	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
inheritance	נַחֲלָתֽוֹ na.cha.la.To	H5159	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Genesis 38:8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
Deuteronomy 25:5-6 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husban…
Matthew 22:24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Ruth 3:12-13 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
Luke 20:28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 4:1-8

Here, 1. Boaz calls a court immediately. It is probable he was himself one of the elders (or aldermen) of the city; for he was a mighty man of wealth. Perhaps he was father of the city, and sat chief; for he seems here to have gone up to the gate as one having authority, and not as a common person; like Job, Job 29:7, etc. We cannot suppose him less than a magistrate in his city who was grandson to Nahshon, prince of Judah; and his lying at the end of a heap of corn in the threshing-floor the night before was not at all inconsistent, in those days of plainness, with the honour of his sitting judge in the gate. But why was Boaz so hasty, why so fond of the match? Ruth was not rich, but lived…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 4:4

there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee--(See on Deu 25:5). The redemption of the land of course involved a marriage with Ruth, the widow of the former owner.

Adam Clarke on Ruth 4:5

Thou must buy it also of Ruth - More properly, Thou wilt also acquire Ruth. Thou canst not get the land without taking the wife of the deceased and then the children which thou mayest have shall be reputed the children of Mahlon, thy deceased kinsman.

John Gill on Ruth 4:5

Then said Boaz,.... In order to try the kinsman, whether he would abide by his resolution, he acquaints him with what he had as yet concealed: what day thou buyest the field of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead; the wife of Mahlon, who was dead, the eldest son of Naomi, and so his widow, Ruth the Moabitess, had the reversion of the estate; wherefore the purchase must be made of her as well as of Naomi, and the purchase could not be made of her without marrying her; which, though no law obliged to, yet it seems to be a condition of the purchase annexed to it by Naomi, that she would sell it to no man, unless he would consent to marry Ruth, for whose set…

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Dictionary and topics

Boaz — Alacrity. (1.) The husband of Ruth, a wealthy Bethlehemite. By the “levirate law” the duty devolved on him of marrying Ruth the Moabitess (Ruth 4:1-13). He was a kinsman of Mahlon, her first husband.…
Field — (Heb. sadeh), a cultivated field, but unenclosed. It is applied to any cultivated ground or pasture (Gen. 29:2; 31:4; 34:7), or tillage (Gen. 37:7; 47:24). It is also applied to woodland (Ps. 132:6)…
Court · .COMPOSITION OF, AND MO — .COMPOSITION OF, AND MO
Dowry · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Heir · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Land · 23:3-20; — 23:3-20;
Marriage · 38:8,11; — 38:8,11;
Redemption · Of per — Of per
Widows · Laws respecting: When left childless, to be married by their husband’s nearest of kin — Laws respecting: When left childless, to be married by their husband’s nearest of kin

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 4:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 4:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 4:4

Adam Clarke on Ruth 4:5

John Gill on Ruth 4:5

Dictionary and topics

Ruth 4:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 4:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 4:4

Adam Clarke on Ruth 4:5

John Gill on Ruth 4:5

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ruth 4:1-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ruth 4:5

Rashi on Ruth 4:5