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Verse Ruth 3:9. _SPREAD THEREFORE THY SKIRT OVER THINE HAND MAID_]
Hebrew, _Spread thy wing_. The _wing_ is the emblem of protection, and
is a metaphor taken from the young of fowls, which run under...
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SPREAD THY SKIRT ... - The phrase indicates receiving and
acknowledging her as a wife....
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CHAPTER 3 AT THE FEET OF BOAZ
_ 1. Naomi instructs Ruth (Ruth 3:1)_
2. At his feet (Ruth 3:6)
3. The discovery (Ruth 3:8)
4. The six measures of barley ...
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RUTH 3. BOAZ AS A GOË L. Elimelech and his two sons were dead. Would
any member of the family have enough right and proper feeling to save
his name from extinction? The nearest relative was in this ca...
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THY SKIRT. wing (with Septuagint and Vulgate) Other codices, with two
early printed editions, read "wings". "Wing" put by Figure of speech
_Metonymy_ (of Cause) for protective care. App-6....
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_spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid_ This symbolic act
denoted that the kinsman claimed the widow as his wife. Cf. Ezekiel
16:8. The custom prevailed among the early Arabs; a good illustrati...
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SPREAD, THEREFORE, THY SKIRT OVER THINE HANDMAID— See chap. Ruth
2:12. In the Hebrew it is, _spread thy wing._ It is a proverbial
manner of speaking, signifying in general, _take me under thy
protecti...
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_Ruth Speaks to Boaz Ruth 3:6-13_
6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her
mother-in-law bade her.
7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went
to...
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_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._ SPREAD THEREFORE THY SKIRT OVER THINE HANDMAID;
BE...
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THE APPEAL TO BOAZ
1. Marriages are always arranged by the parents in Eastern lands;
here, of course, the mother-in-law must intervene.
2-7. Grain is winnowed in the evening, to avoid the heat of the...
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THERE IS A *REDEEMER
BOOK OF RUTH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are notes on the Bible text.
CHAPTER 3
V1 Naomi, Ruth’s husband’s mother, said to her, ‘My daughter, I
am looking for a hom...
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SKIRT. — Literally _wing;_ Heb. _canaph,_ as in Ruth 2:12. The
Targum treats this as in itself the claim to espousal on her part. The
metaphor may be illustrated from Ezekiel 16:8, and more generally...
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וַ יֹּ֖אמֶר מִי ־אָ֑תּ וַ תֹּ֗אמֶר
אָנֹכִי֙
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THE HAZARDOUS PLAN
Ruth 3:1
HOPE came to Naomi when Ruth returned with the ephah of barley and her
story of the rich man's hearty greeting. God was remembering His
handmaiden; He had not shut up His...
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THE PART OF A KINSMAN
Ruth 3:1
According to the old Hebrew law, Ruth was already married to Boaz, on
the supposition that he was next of kin. Naomi apparently had no
knowledge of a nearer kinsman tha...
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Necessarily, gleaning as a means of livelihood can last only through
harvest time. Consequently, Naomi was anxious about the future,
especially Ruth's future.
As the outcome of this anxiety we have th...
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Kinsman. Hebrew, "a redeemer;" (Calmet) one bound to defend and to
espouse a brother's widow, if others more nearly akin refuse.
(Haydock) --- Ruth modestly admonishes him of this duty, and begs that...
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And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned
himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. (9) And he said, Who
art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread th...
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FROM: LECTURES INTRODUCTORY TO THE EARLIER HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE OLD
TESTAMENT.
W. Kelly.
That the book of Ruth stands most fitly in the place where it is
actually found must have been felt by the...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 4.
The Book of Ruth tells us also of the days of the judges, when there
was no king in Israel; but it shews us the fair side of those days, in
the o...
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AND HE SAID, WHO ART THOU?.... He spoke quick and short, as one
displeased, or however surprised and frightened, just coming out of
sleep, and in the night:
AND SHE ANSWERED, I AM RUTH THINE HANDMAID...
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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.
Ver. 9. _Spread therefore thy skirt._] Tostat...
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_At midnight_ He did not discover her sooner; _the man was afraid_
Feeling something unusual at his feet. _Behold a woman lay at his
feet_ He perceived by her clothes, and, when she spake, by her voic...
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1 By Naomi her instruction,
5 Ruth lieth at Boaz his feete.
8 Boaz acknowledgeth the right of a kinseman.
14 He sendeth her away with sixe measures of barley.
1 THEN Naomi her mother in law said v...
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And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth, thine
handmaid; spread, therefore, thy skirt over thine handmaid, a
proverbial expression by which she reminded him of the duty of
marriage, in...
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RUTH LAYS THE MATTER OF REDEMPTION BEFORE BOAZ...
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RUTH CLAIMING THE PROTECTION OFBOAZ
(vv. 1-18)
The time had now come for Naomi to give pertinent advice to Ruth.She
seeks security (or "rest") for her daughter-in-law, reminding her that
Boaz is the...
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A NEAR KINSMAN:
Or, one that hath right to redeem...
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6-13 What in one age or nation would be improper, is not always so in
another age or another nation. Being a judge of Israel, Boaz would
tell Ruth what she should do; also whether he had the right of...
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SPREAD THY SKIRT OVER THINE HAND-MAID, i.e. take me to be thy wife,
and perform the duty of an husband to me. This phrase is used in this
sense DEUTERONOMY 22:30, DEUTERONOMY 27:20 EZEKIEL 16:8. Eithe...
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Ruth 3:9 said H559 (H8799) answered H559 (H8799) Ruth H7327
maidservant H519 Take H6566 (H8804) maidservant...
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‘ And he said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth
your handmaid. Spread therefore the edge of your robe over your
handmaid, for you are a near kinsman.”
So he asked, quite startled, ‘Who are...
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RUTH 1-4
The Book of Ruth is a love-story told in four Chapter s. It gives us a
glimpse of everyday life in Bethlehem; in home and in harvest-field,
in its general gossip and its law-suits, more than...
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CONTENTS: Ruth rests at the feet of Boaz.
CHARACTERS: God, Ruth, Boaz, Naomi.
CONCLUSION: The married state should be a state of rest, when
wandering affections are fixed in one who is fit, both tem...
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Ruth 3:3. _Anoint thee._ Oil was used on many occasions because it
gave a lustre to the countenance. Psalms 104:15; Matthew 6:10.
Ruth 3:4. _Mark the place._
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RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 3:1 Scene 3: Ruth, at the Threshing Floor, Asks
Boaz to Marry Her. This is the second crucial encounter between Ruth
and Boaz.
⇐...
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RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 3:9 RUTH, YOUR SERVANT. A maidservant was
considered a full member of an Israelite household (e.g., Exodus
20:10) and could give birth to an heir (see...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 3:7. AND WHEN BOAZ. Illustrates
the simplicity of ancient patriarchal times and manners (_Lange_). The
owners of the crops came every night and slept upon their th...
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EXPOSITION
RUTH 3:1
AND NAOMI, HER MOTHER-IN-LAW, SAID TO HER, MY DAUGHTER, SHALL NOT I
SEEK OUT FOR THEE A REST, THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH THEE? When Ruth had
nothing more to do on the harvest-fields...
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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? And now is not Boaz
of our family, with whose maidens you have been working? Beh...
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1 Samuel 25:41; Ezekiel 16:8; Luke 14:11; Ruth 2:10; Ruth 2:20;...
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Spread thy Skirt — That is, take me to be thy wife, and perform the
duty of an husband to me....