Study it in the app“Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have acquired all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon from the hand of Naomi.”
Then Boazוַ בֹּעַזsaidיֹּאמֶרto the eldersלַזְּקֵנִיםand allוְכָלthe people,הָעָם“YouאַתֶּםarewitnessesעֵדִיםtodayהַיּוֹםthatכִּיI have acquiredקָנִיתִיallאֶת כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרbelonged to Elimelechלֶאֱלִימֶלֶךְand allוְאֵת כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרbelonged to Chilionלְכִלְיוֹןand Mahlonוּמַחְלוֹןfrom the handמִיַּדof Naomi.נָעֳמִי
Boaz
Boaz, of Bethlehem, a relative of Elimelech; he took Ruth as his wife and was the great-grandfather of King David (Ruth 4:21-22; Matthew 1:5). One of the two pillars of Solomon's temple bore the same name (1 Kings 7:21).
Where else “boaz” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearselder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekenim” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearswitness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “edim” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsacquire
To get something: "get wisdom".
Where else “kaniti” appearsElimelech
Elimelech, of Bethlehem in Judah, husband of Naomi. The name means "my God is king."
Where else “elimelech” appearsChilion
Chilion, one of the two sons of Elimelech and Naomi, husband of Orpah. The name is related to "pining away" or "coming to an end."
Where else “chilyon” appearsMahlon
Mahlon, one of the two sons of Elimelech and Naomi, Ruth's first husband (Ruth 4:10). The name is related to "sickness" or "weakness."
Where else “machlon” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsNaomi
Naomi, wife of Elimelech and mother-in-law of Ruth. The name means "pleasant" or "my delight."
Where else “naomi” appears8So the kinsman-redeemer said to Boaz, “Acquire it for yourself.” And he took off his sandal.
9 · This verse (above)
10And also Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, I have acquired for myself as wife, to raise up the name of the dead man on his inheritance, so that the name of the dead man may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today.”
