Ruth Word Study - Chapter 1 Verses1-6

Iyer@brahminbeliever.com | | Updated on Thu 02 January 2020

The version used is KJV

Themes

Actions of God

  • 1 famine in land
  • 3 death of Elimelech
  • 5 deaths of Mahlon and Chilion
  • 6 visits Israel and gives food

Actions of Man

  • 1 sojourn in Moab
  • 2 enter in to land of Moab
  • 4 took wives from Moabites
  • 6 decision to return to Israel

Titles of God

  • LORD or YHWH 6 times

Figures of speech

  • Personification - YAH visits and gives food
  • Irony
  • they leave house of bread Bethlehelm since there is no bread due to famine

Repeating words

  • man, left, two, wife

Keywords

  • famine 1
  • sojourn 1
  • died 3,5
  • two 1,2,3,5
  • return 6
  • visited 6
  • Bethlehelm
  • Moab

Cause & effect

  • famine in land -> leave Israel for Moab
  • food in Israel -> return from Moab

Verb, Pronoun, Conjunction, Adjective, Adverb

1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

n v pn conj adj adv
days
judges
famine
land
man
country
wife
sons
 came
pass
ruled
was
went
sojourn
 it
he
his
his
 in
that
in
And
of
in
of
and
and
 certain
 Now

2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

n v pn conj adj adv
name
man
name
wife
name
sons
country
 was
came
continued
 his
his
they
 And
of
and
of
and
of
and
of
And
into
of
and
there

3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

n v pn conj adj adv
husband
sons
 died
was
left
 she
her
 And
and
and

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.

n v pn conj adj adv
wives
women
name
one
name
years
 took
was
dwelled
 they
them
they
 And
of
of
of
and
of
and
about
 other

5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

n v pn conj adj adv
woman
sons
husband
 died
was
left
 them
her
her
 And
and
of
and
of
and
also

6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.

n v pn conj adj adv
daughters
law
country
country
people
bread
 arose
return
had
heard
had
visited
giving
 she
her
she
she
his
them
 with
in
that
from
of
for
in
of
that
in
Then