Study it in the app“So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned from the fields of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.”
So Naomiוַ נָעֳמִיreturned,תָּשָׁבand Ruthוְרוּתthe Moabite,הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּהher daughter-in-law,כַלָּתָהּwith her,עִמָּהּwho returnedהַשָּׁבָהfrom the fieldsמִשְּׂדֵיof Moab.מוֹאָבAnd theyוְהֵמָּהcameבָּאוּtoBethlehemבֵּית לֶחֶםat the beginningבִּתְחִלַּתof the barleyשְׂעֹרִיםharvest.קְצִיר
Naomi
Naomi, wife of Elimelech and mother-in-law of Ruth. The name means "pleasant" or "my delight."
Where else “naomi” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “tashav” appearsRuth
Ruth, a Moabite woman, wife of Mahlon and later of Boaz; great-grandmother of King David (Ruth 4:17) and named among the ancestors of Jesus (Matthew 1:5). The name may mean "friend" or "companion."
Where else “rut” appearsMoabite
Moabite: a descendant of Moab, the son of Lot.
Where else “moaviya” appearsdaughter-in-law
The son's wife.
Where else “chalata” appearsterritory
A region: "the fields of Moab".
Where else “sede” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appearsBethlehem
See it on the mapWhere else “bet” appearsbeginning
Beginning, start; "at first".
Where else “techilat” appearsbarley
Barley.
Where else “seorim” appearsharvest
To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.
Where else “ketsir” appears1Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
2Bethlehem
Today: Bethlehem (Bayt Lahm), West Bank
A town in Judea, about 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Jerusalem.
Rachel died near it (Gen 35:19), Naomi and Ruth lived there (Ruth 1:1), and David was born there. Micah said a ruler would come from it, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Mic 5:2; Matt 2:1).
21I went away full, and empty YHWH has brought me back. Why do you call me Naomi, when YHWH has testified against me and Shaddai has done me harm?”
22 · This verse (above)
