Ruth 2

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Ruth 2:5

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Ruth 2:16

1 sn The wheat harvest took place during the month of May. See O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 37, 88.

2 tn Heb “Samson visited his wife with a young goat.”

3 tn The words “to her father” are supplied in the translation (see the end of the verse).

4 tn Heb “I will go to my wife in the bedroom.” The Hebrew idiom בּוֹא אֶל (bo’ ’el, “to go to”) often has sexual connotations. The cohortative form used by Samson can be translated as indicating resolve (“I want to go”) or request (“let me go”).

Ruth 2:17

5 tn Heb “saying, I said.” The first person form of אָמַר (‘amar, “to say”) sometimes indicates self-reflection. The girl’s father uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis.

6 tn Heb “hating, you hated.” Once again the girl’s father uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis.

7 tn Heb “Is her younger sister not better than her? Let her [i.e., the younger sister] be yours instead of her [i.e., Samson’s ‘bride’]).”

Ruth 2:18

8 tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the (original) LXX has the singular “to him.”

9 tn Heb “I am innocent this time from the Philistines when I do with them harm.”

Ruth 2:19

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Ruth 2:20

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Ruth 2:21

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