man

1. man, male (in contrast to woman, female)

2. husband

3. human being, person (in contrast to God)

4. servant

5. mankind

6. champion

7. great man

whosoever

each (adjective)

Elimelech = "my God is king"

1. Naomi's husband

Ephrathite = "ashiness: fruitfulness"

1. an inhabitant or descendant of Ephraim

2. an inhabitant of Bethlehem

woman, wife, female

1. woman (opposite of man)

2. wife (woman married to a man)

3. female (of animals)

4. each, every (pronoun)

to go in, enter, come, go, come in

1. (Qal)

   1. to enter, come in

   2. to come

      1. to come with

      2. to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)

      3. to come to pass

   3. to attain to

   4. to be enumerated

   5. to go

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to lead in

   2. to carry in

   3. to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon

   4. to bring to pass

3. (Hophal)

   1. to be brought, brought in

   2. to be introduced, be put

Beth-lehem = "house of bread (food)"

1. a city in Judah, birthplace of David

2. a place in Zebulun

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1. (Qal)

   1. —

      1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

      2. to come about, come to pass

   2. to come into being, become

      1. to arise, appear, come

      2. to become

         1. to become

         2. to become like

         3. to be instituted, be established

   3. to be

      1. to exist, be in existence

      2. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

      3. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

      4. to accompany, be with

2. (Niphal)

   1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

   2. to be done, be finished, be gone

Judah = "praised"

1. the son of Jacob by Leah

2. the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob

3. the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah

4. the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon

5. a Levite in Ezra's time

6. an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

7. a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah

8. a priest in the time of Nehemiah

Chilion = "pining"

1. an Ephraimite and son of Elimelech by Naomi and the deceased husband of Ruth (or maybe deceased husband of Orpah)

Moab = "of his father"

1. a son of Lot by his eldest daughter

2. the nation descended from the son of Lot

   proper locative noun

3. the land inhabited by the descendants of the son of Lot

Mahlon = "sick"

1. son of Elimelech by Naomi and first husband of Ruth

Naomi = "my delight"

1. wife of Elimelech, mother of Mahlon and Chilion, and mother-in-law of Ruth and Orpah

field, land

1. cultivated field

2. of home of wild beasts

3. plain (opposed to mountain)

4. land (opposed to sea)

there, thither

1. there

2. thither (after verbs of motion)

3. from there, thence

4. then (as an adverb of time)

name

1. name

2. reputation, fame, glory

3. the Name (as designation of God)

4. memorial, monument

two

1. two (the cardinal number)

   1. two, both, double, twice

2. second (the ordinal number)

3. in combination with other numbers

4. both (a dual number)