The version used is KJV
Themes
- YHVH the Restorer
- History of David's Lineage
The chapter in key words
- return, shuv H7725
- glean, laqat H3950
- lie down, shakav H7901
- redeem, ga'al H1350
Titles of God
- YHVH, LORD
- Restorer
Some Repeating words
- her 52
- she 48
- unto 47
- he 29
- Boaz 20
- Naomi 19
- law 19
- LORD 18
- Ruth 12
- kinsman 12
Best viewed as a word clouds, which shows the dialog nature of the book
but when I remove the words around speech or dialog, I get the following
In addition, the Hebrew (WLC used) words have a different word distribution than the English equivalent (KJV used). KJV based english word count distribution
and the Hebrew counts from Leningrad Codex
Keywords
- LORD 19
- kinsman 13
- glean 12
- return 8
- redeem 9
- sat 4
Comparisons/Contrasts
- Elimelech and Boaz
- Naomi in Bethlehem to Naomi in Moab and Naomi back in Bethlehem
- Ruth as a Moabite and Ruth as an Israelite
- Boaz and Peloni Almoni (the first kinsman)
- Women in town: when they welcome Naomi and when Ruth has a son
- Men doing what is right in his own eyes and Boaz
- Land of Bethlehem in famine vs in abundance
Cause & effect
The entire book is orchestrated by Yah, but for the specifics, here are the cause and effect.
Questions for Detail Study
- Property rights: Naomi selling the land or a parcel and what does it mean?
- Levirite marriage and redemption: was Boaz right in attaching Ruth to the purchase and is this a levirite custom?
- What timeframe do we think the book of Ruth occured in the time of Judges?