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He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto the kinsman-redeemer,לַגֹּאֵל“The plotחֶלְקַתof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהthatאֲשֶׁרbelonged to our brotherלְאָחִינוּElimelechלֶאֱלִימֶלֶךְNaomiנָעֳמִיis selling,מָכְרָהthe one who returnedהַשָּׁבָהfrom the fieldמִשְּׂדֵהof Moab.מוֹאָב
Ruth 4:3
Study it in the app“He said to the kinsman-redeemer, “The plot of the field that belonged to our brother Elimelech Naomi is selling, the one who returned from the field of Moab.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ruth 4:3, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to the kinsman-redeemerגֹּאֵלgoel
redeem
To buy back a relative or their land.
Where else “goel” appears- “The plotחֶלְקַתchelkat
plot
A plot of land belonging to someone.
Where else “chelkat” appears- of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appears- belonged to our brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- Elimelechאֱלִימֶלֶךְelimelech
Elimelech
Elimelech, of Bethlehem in Judah, husband of Naomi. The name means "my God is king."
Where else “elimelech” appears- Naomiנָעֳמִיnaomi
Naomi
Naomi, wife of Elimelech and mother-in-law of Ruth. The name means "pleasant" or "my delight."
Where else “naomi” appears- is sellingמָכְרָהmachra
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “machra” appears- the one who returnedשָּׁבָהshava
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shava” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears
Places in this verse
Moab
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).
The context
2Then he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here.” And they sat down.
3 · This verse (above)
4And I said to myself: I will let you know, saying, ‘Acquire it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem, redeem; but if one does not redeem, tell me, so that I may know, for there is no one besides you to redeem, and I am after you.’” And he said, “I will redeem.”