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Rut (רות) / Ruth Chapter 4 - Rashi

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Levirate Marriage (Yavam) - Devarim 25:5-6

Bo'az marries Rut

Keyword: Redeem, gaal - 9 times; Goel, geulah; arise, fruitful

4:1ובעז עלה השׁער וישׁב שׁם והנה הגאל עבר אשׁר דבר־בעז ויאמר סורה שׁבה־פה פלני אלמני ויסר וישׁב׃

 UVoaz alah hashaar vayeshev sham vehineh hagoel over asher diber-Boaz vayomer surah shevah-poh peloni almoni vayasar vayeshev:

Then went Bo'az up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the Go'el of whom Bo'az spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

4:2ויקח עשׂרה אנשׁים מזקני העיר ויאמר שׁבו־פה וישׁבו׃

Vayikakh asarah anashim miziknei hair vayomer shevu-foh vayesheu: 

And he took ten men of the zekenim (elders) of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

4:3ויאמר לגאל חלקת השׂדה אשׁר לאחינו לאלימלך מכרה נעמי השׁבה משׂדה מואב׃

Vayomer lagoel khelkat hasadeh asher leakhinu leElimelekh makhrah Naomi hashavah misdeh Moav: 

And he said unto the Go'el (kinsman), Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moav, selleth a parcel of land, which [was] our brother Elimelekh's:

4:4ואני אמרתי אגלה אזנך לאמר קנה נגד הישׁבים ונגד זקני עמי אם־תגאל גאל ואם־לא יגאל הגידה לי ואדע כי אין זולתך לגאול ואנכי אחריך ויאמר אנכי אגאל׃

Vaani amarti egleh aznekha lemor keneh neged hayshvim veneged ziknei ami im-tigal geal veim-lo yigal hagidah li veeda ki ein zulatkha ligol veanokhi akhareikha vayomer anokhi egal: 

And I thought to advertise thee, saying:

"Kanah (buy) [it] before the inhabitants, and before the zekenim of my people. If thou wilt ga'al (redeem) [it], redeem [it]: but if thou wilt not redeem [it, then] tell me, that I may know: for [there is] none to redeem [it] beside thee; and I [am] after thee. And he said, I will redeem [it].

4:5ויאמר בעז ביום־קנותך השׂדה מיד נעמי ומאת רות המואביה אשׁת־המת קניתי להקים שׁם־המת על־נחלתו׃

Vayomer Boaz beyom-kenotkha hasadeh miyad Naomi umeet Rut haMoaviyah eshet-hamet kanitai lehakim shem-hamet al-nakhalato: 

Then said Bo'az, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of No`omiy (נעמי), thou must buy [it] also of Rut (רות) ha Moaviyah, the wife of the dead, to kum (raise up) the name of the dead upon his nachalah (inheritance).

4:6ויאמר הגאל לא אוכל לגאול־לי פן־אשׁחית את־נחלתי גאל־לך אתה את־גאלתי כי לא־אוכל לגאל׃

Vayomer hagoel lo ukhal ligavl-li pen-ashkhit et-nakhalati geal-lekha atah et-geulati ki lo-ukhal ligol: 

And the Go'el said:

"I cannot ga'al (redeem) [it] for myself, lest I mar mine own nachalah: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem [it]".

4:7וזאת לפנים בישׂראל על־הגאולה ועל־התמורה לקים כל־דבר שׁלף אישׁ נעלו ונתן לרעהו וזאת התעודה בישׂראל׃

Vezot lefanim beYisrael al-hageulah veal-hatemura lekayem kol-davar shalaf ish naalo venatan lereehu vezot hateudah beYisrael: 

Now this [was the manner] in former time in Yisrael concerning geulah (redeeming) and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave [it] to his neighbour: and this [was] a testimony in Yisrael.

4:8ויאמר הגאל לבעז קנה־לך וישׁלף נעלו׃

Vayomer hagoel leVoaz keneh-lakh vayishlof naalo: 

Therefore the Go'el said unto Bo'az, Buy [it] for thee. So he drew off his shoe.

4:9ויאמר בעז לזקנים וכל־העם עדים אתם היום כי קניתי את־כל־אשׁר לאלימלך ואת כל־אשׁר לכליון ומחלון מיד נעמי׃

Vayomer Boaz lazkenim vekhol-haam edim atem hayom ki kaniti et-kol-asher leElimelekh veet kol-asher leKhilyon uMakhlon miyad Naomi: 

And Bo'az said unto the zekenim (elders), and [unto] all the people, Ye [are] witnesses this day, that I have bought all that [was] Elimelekh's, and all that [was] Kilyon (כּליו)'s and Machlon (מחלון)'s, of the hand of No`omiy (נעמי).

4:10וגם את־רות המאביה אשׁת מחלון קניתי לי לאשׁה להקים שׁם־המת על־נחלתו ולא־יכרת שׁם־המת מעם אחיו ומשׁער מקומו עדים אתם היום׃

Vegam et-Rut haMoaviyah eshet Makhlon kaniti li leishah lehakim shem-hamet al-nakhalato velo-yikaret shem-hamet meim ekhav umishaar mekomo edim atem hayom: 

Moreover Rut (רות) ha Moaviyah, the wife of Machlon (מחלון), have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his nachalah (inheritance), that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye [are] witnesses this day.

4:11ויאמרו כל־העם אשׁר־בשׁער והזקנים עדים יתן יהוה את־האשׁה הבאה אל־ביתך כרחל וכלאה אשׁר בנו שׁתיהם את־בית ישׂראל ועשׂה־חיל באפרתה וקרא־שׁם בבית לחם׃

Vayomru kol-haam asher-bashaar vehazekenim edim yiten YEHOVAH et-haishah habah el-beitekha keRakhel ukheLeah asher banu sheteihem et-Beit Yisrael vaaseh-khayil beEfratah ukera-shem beVeit Lakhem: 

And all the people that [were] in the gate, and the zekenim, said, [We are] witnesses:

YHWH (יהוה) make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the beit Yisrael: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beit Lechem:

4:12ויהי ביתך כבית פרץ אשׁר־ילדה תמר ליהודה מן־הזרע אשׁר יתן יהוה לך מן־הנערה הזאת׃

Vihi vetkha keVeit Peretz asher-yaldah Tamar lihudah min-hazera asher yiten YEHOVAH lekha min-hanaarah hazot: 

And let thy house be like the Bayit Peretz (פּרץ), whom Tamar (תּמר) bare unto Yehudah, of the seed which YHWH (יהוה) shall give thee of this young woman.

4:13ויקח בעז את־רות ותהי־לו לאשׁה ויבא אליה ויתן יהוה לה הריון ותלד בן׃

Vayikakh Boaz et-Rut vatehi-lo leishah vayavo eleiha vayiten YEHOVAH laherayon vateled ben: 

So Bo'az took Rut, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, YHWH (יהוה) gave her conception, and she bare a son.

4:14ותאמרנה הנשׁים אל־נעמי ברוך יהוה אשׁר לא השׁבית לך גאל היום ויקרא שׁמו בישׂראל׃

Vatomarnah hanashim el-Naomi Varukh YEHOVAH asher lo hishbit lakh goel hayom veyikare shemo beYisrael: 

And the women said unto No`omiy (נעמי):

Baruch YHWH, which hath not left thee this day without a Go'el, that his name may be famous in Yisrael.

4:15והיה לך למשׁיב נפשׁ ולכלכל את־שׂיבתך כי כלתך אשׁר־אהבתך ילדתו אשׁר־היא טובה לך משׁבעה בנים׃

Vehayah lakh lemeshiv nefesh ulekhalkel et-seivatekh ki khalatekh asher-ahevatekh yeladatu asher-hitovah lakh mishivah banim: 

And he shall be unto thee a meshuva (restorer) of [thy] nefesh (soul), and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy kallah, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven banim (sons), hath born him.

4:16ותקח נעמי את־הילד ותשׁתהו בחיקה ותהי־לו לאמנת׃

Vatikakh Naomi et-hayeled vateshitehu vekheikah vatehi-lo leomenet: 

And Noami took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

The Genealogy of Bo'az Loukas 3:23-32 and Mattityahu 1:5

4:17ותקראנה לו השׁכנות שׁם לאמר ילד־בן לנעמי ותקראנה שׁמו עובד הוא אבי־ישׁי אבי דוד׃

Vatikrenah lo hashekhenot shem lemor yulad-ben leNaomi vatikrenah shemo Oved hu avi-Yishai avi David: 

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Noami; and they called his name Oved: he [is] the father of Yishai, the father of David.

Verse 18-22 is sung Toldot Peretz

4:18ואלה תולדות פרץ פרץ הוליד את־חצרון׃

Veeleh toldot Paretz: Peretz holid et-Khetzron: 

Now these [are] the generations of Peretz:

Peretz begat Khetzron,

4:19וחצרון הוליד את־רם ורם הוליד את־עמינדב׃

VeKhetzron holid et-Ram veRam holid et-Aminadav: 

And Khetzron begat Ram, and Ram begat Aminadav,

4:20ועמינדב הוליד את־נחשׁון ונחשׁון הוליד את־שׂלמה׃

VeAminadav holid et-Nakhshon veNakhshon holid et-Salmah: 

And Aminadav begat Nakhshon, and Nakhshon begat Salmah,

4:21ושׂלמון הוליד את־בעז ובעז הוליד את־עובד׃

VeSalmon holid et-Boaz uVoaz holid et-Oved: 

And Salmon begat Bo'az, and Bo'az begat Oved,

4:22ועבד הוליד את־ישׁי וישׁי הוליד את־דוד׃

Ve Oved holid et-Yishai ve Yishai holid et-David: 

And Oved begat Yishai, and Yishai begat David.

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FOUR WOMEN IN THE MESSIANIC LINE (see Mattityahu 1:1-17):

Tamar Rahav Rut (רות) The wife of Uriah Beit Sheva

Minyan / מנין / Minyanim (Pl)- a quorum of ten or more adult (over the age of Bar Mitzvah) male Jews for the purpose of communal Jewish services (prayer); a minyan is usually held within a synagogue, but may be (and often is) held elsewhere, usually a home or place of work. The word minyan comes from the Hebrew root moneh מונה meaning to count or to number (based on the requirement of 10 men to be in attendance). The word is related to the Aramaic word mene, numbered, appearing in the writing on the wall in Daniel 5:25.

ho lid et - Begat

Go'el, Ga'al Geulah -

Kinsman-Redeemer is to marry a widowed female family member, who did not yet have a son. He would give his seed to produce a son IN THE NAME of her dead husband. Take note that a Kinsman-redeemers can only be able to redeem those within their family. Read more of the Torah principle teaching on the proceeding of redemption Vayikra 25