Ruth 1

1:1 ruled, (a-12) Shaphat, lit. 'judged.' country (b-32) Lit. 'fields,' 'farmlands,' as ver. 6, and elsewhere. As 2 Kings 8.3,5.1:1 ruled, (a-12) Shaphat, lit. 'judged.' country (b-32) Lit. 'fields,' 'farmlands,' as ver. 6, and elsewhere. As 2 Kings 8.3,5. 1:2 Elimelech, (c-8) Meaning, 'whose God is king.' Naomi, (d-15) Meaning, 'my pleasantness.' 1:20 Mara; (a-13) Meaning, 'bitter,' or 'bitterness.'