The version used is KJV
Themes
- Ruth seeks a covering
- Under the kanaf of Boaz
Actions of God
- 2: harvest is a blessing of YHVH
- 8: at midnight, man was afraid and turned himself
- 1-18: in fulfilling His purpose thru the whole Naomi/Ruth advise to Ruth/Boaz interactions
Actions of Man
- 1-4: Naomi's advise
- 5: Ruth follows Naomi's advise
- 6: Ruth goes to the threshing floor
- 7: Boaz ate and drank
- 8: Boaz notices Ruth
- 9: Ruth asked Boaz to cover her
- 10: Boaz thanks Ruth
- 11-13: Dialog
- 14: Ruth lies at his feet
- 15: Boaz gives her barley
- 16: Ruth goes back home to Naomi
- 17-18: dialog
Titles of God
- 10,13: LORD or YHVH
Figures of speech
- metaphor
- 1: seek rest for find a home; daughter
- 7: heart merry
- 13: as YAH liveth
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18: will not rest until job is done
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symbolism
- 4-7: indicating the need for a covering
- 9: cover your skirt for covering
- 17: not go empty handed
Repeating words
- morning 3 ['3:13', '3:13', '3:14']
- night 2 ['3:2', '3:13']
- handmaid 2 ['3:9', '3:9']
- daughter 4 ['3:1', '3:10', '3:11', '3:18']
- feet 4 ['3:4', '3:7', '3:8', '3:14']
- done 2 ['3:3', '3:16']
- city 2 ['3:11', '3:15']
- LORD 2 ['3:10', '3:13']
- man 4 ['3:3', '3:8', '3:16', '3:18']
- until 5 ['3:3', '3:13', '3:14', '3:18', '3:18']
- part 4 ['3:13', '3:13', '3:13', '3:13']
- known 2 ['3:3', '3:14']
- barley 3 ['3:2', '3:15', '3:17']
- Boaz 2 ['3:2', '3:7']
- near 2 ['3:9', '3:12']
- lay 3 ['3:4', '3:8', '3:14']
- kinsman 6 ['3:9', '3:12', '3:12', '3:13', '3:13', '3:13']
- woman 3 ['3:8', '3:11', '3:14']
- measures 2 ['3:15', '3:17']
- floor 3 ['3:3', '3:6', '3:14']
Keywords
- Rest 4494 manoach home/settled spot
- Lie 7901 shawkab to lie down
- threshing floor 1637 goren floor/open area
- Empty 7387 reyqam without cause/void
- virtuous 2428 chayil ability/valor/virtue
- six 8337 shesh six/sixth/sixteen/threescore (and my own significance of marking incompleteness)
Comparisons/Contrasts
From Ch1 to 3, the theme of empty and full is emphasized.
- Naomi went to Moab full and came back to Bethlehelm empty [Ruth1:21]
- In Ch2, we see how Ruth starts gleaning and is sufficed with what Boaz provided for her.
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In Ch3 [Ruth3:17] Boaz provided enough barley to not go empty back to Naomi
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10 last kindness greater than the first one
- 10 instead of running after young
- 12 closer than I
- 17 non-empty handed
Cause & effect
Harvest as the event drove the effects of this chapter. Similarly, Naomi as the person set this chapter events into motion.
- 1: seek rest for Ruth -> it may be well with Ruth
- 2-4: Boaz will be at threshing floor -> execute the plan
- 5-6: Ruth followed Noami -> she does as Naomi has stated
- 7: Boaz ate drank -> his heart was merry -> he lied down
- 8: he was worken up -> he turned himself
- 9: he found someone at his feet -> asks who she is
- 9: Ruth lied at his feet -> he is a near kinsmen
- 10: Ruth shows kindness -> Boaz blesses her
- 11: Ruth is a virtuous woman -> Boaz will do all she requireth
- 12-14: Boaz asks her to stay back the night -> Ruth stays
- 12-15: Ruth is a virtuous woman -> Boaz asks his people not to mention about the woman and gives her barley
- 17-18: Naomi asked Ruth to lie down and ask for covering -> Boaz sends Ruth not empty
Verb, Pronoun, Conjunction, Adjective, Adverb
1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mother law daughter rest thee thee |
said seek be |
her her I it |
in unto for that with |
Then not well |
2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| maidens wast barley night threshingfloor |
is kindred thou winnoweth |
our he |
And of with in |
now not |
3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| anoint thee raiment thee floor man eating drinking |
put get make known have done |
thyself thyself he |
and and upon and but unto until and |
thy |
therefore thee down not |
4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thou shalt place thou shalt feet thou shalt |
be lieth mark lie go lay thee tell thee do |
it he he his he |
And that and in and uncover and and |
down |
5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thou sayest |
said do |
she her me I |
And unto unto |
6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| floor mother law bade |
went did according |
she her her |
And unto and that in |
down |
7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| heart end heap corn feet down |
had eaten was went lie came uncovered laid |
his he she his her |
And and and at of of and and and |
drunk |
merry softly |
8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| midnight man woman lay feet |
came pass was turned |
it himself his |
And at that and and at |
afraid |
behold |
9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thou thine handmaid spread skirt handmaid art kinsman |
said art answered am |
he she I |
And And over for |
thy thine thou near |
therefore |
10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thou daughter thou hast kindness end beginning thou followedst men |
said Blessed be shewed |
he my |
And of for in than at as whether or |
more latter inasmuch young poor rich |
not |
11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| daughter fear requirest city people art woman |
do thee doth know |
my I my |
And for of that |
thou thou virtuous |
now not |
12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kinsman howbeit kinsman nearer |
is am is |
it I I |
And that near than |
true thy |
now |
13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| night morning thee part kinsman kinsman part part kinsman part kinsman liveth morning |
be perform let do do thee do thee lie |
it he him he I |
and in that if of but if of of as until |
unto |
well not then |
14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| feet morning woman floor |
lay rose know said Let be known came |
she his she he it |
And at until and before And that into |
not |
15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vail thou hast thee measures barley city |
said hold held measured laid went |
he it she it he it her she |
that upon and And of and on and into |
Also |
16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mother law thou daughter man |
came said art told had done |
she her she my she her her |
And in And that |
17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| measures barley thy mother law |
said gave said |
she he me he me |
And of for in |
unto |
not empty |
18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
| n | v | pn | conj | adj | adv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| daughter thou matter man rest thing day |
said know fall be have finished |
she my he |
until for in until |
Then still not |