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#jja3jja ,x happ5$ 9 ! days :5 ! judges 
judg$1 t !re          0 a fam9e 9 ! l&4 
,a c]ta9 man ( ,be?lehem ,judah         
w5t to soj\rn 9 ! c\ntry ( ,moab1 he1 & 
8 wife1          & 8 two sons4  #jja3jjb
 ,! "n ( ! man 0 ,elimele*1 & ! "n ( 8  
wife ,naomi1          & ! "n ( 8 two    
sons ,mahlon & ,*ilion1 ,ephra?ites (   
,be?lehem ,judah4  ,!y came into !      
c\ntry ( ,moab1          & cont9u$ !re4 
#jja3jjc ,elimele*1 ,naomi's husb&1 di$2
 & %e 0 left1          & h] two sons4   
#jja3jjd ,!y took !m wives ( ! wom5 (   
,moab2 ! "n          ( ! "o 0 ,orpah1 & 
! "n ( ! o!r ,ru?3          & !y liv$   
!re ab\t t5 ye>s4  #jja3jje ,mahlon &   
,*ilion di$ bo? ( !m2 & ! woman 0 left  
( h] two *ildr5 & ( h] husb&4  #jja3jjf 
,!n %e arose ) h] daught]s-9-law1 t %e  
might return          f ! c\ntry (      
,moab3  = %e _h he>d 9 ! c\ntry ( ,moab 
h[ t ,yahweh _h visit$ 8 p 9 giv+ !m    
bread4  #jja3jjg ,%e w5t =? out ( !     

place :]e %e 01 & h] two                
daught]s-9-law ) h]2 & !y w5t on ! way  
to return          to ! l& ( ,judah4    
#jja3jjh ,naomi said to h] two          
daught]s-9-law1 ,g1 return ea*          
( y to h] "m's h\se3  ,yahweh deal k9dly
 ) y1          z y h dealt ) ! dead1 & )
 me4  #jja3jji ,yahweh grant y t y may  
f9d re/1 ea* ( y 9 ! h\se          ( h] 
husb&4  ,!n %e kiss$ !m1 & !y lift$ up  
_! voice1 & wept4  #jja3jaj ,!y said to 
h]1 ,no1 b we w return ) y to y\r p4    
#jja3jaa ,naomi said1 ,turn aga91 my    
daught]s3  :y w y g ) me8          h ,i 
yet sons 9 my womb1 t !y may be y\r     
husb&s8  #jja3jab ,turn aga91 my        
daught]s1 g y\r way2 = ,i am too old to 
h          a husb&4  ,if ,i %\ld say1 ,i
 h hope1 if ,i %\ld ev5          h a    
husb& tonight1 & %\ld also be> sons2    
#jja3jac w\ld y !re=e wait until !y 7   
gr[n8 w\ld y          !re=e /ay f hav+  
husb&s8 nay1 my daught]s1          = x  
grieves me mu* = y\r sakes1 = ! h& (    
,yahweh          is gone =? aga9/ me4   

#jja3jad ,!y lift$ up _! voice1 & wept  
aga93  & ,orpah kiss$          h]       
"m-9-law1 b ,ru? jo9$ ) h]4  #jja3jae   
,%e said1 ,behold1 y\r si/]-9-law is    
gone back to h] p1          & to h] god3
  return y aft] y\r si/]-9-law4         
#jja3jaf ,ru? said1 ,don't entreat me to
 leave y1 & to return          f foll[+ 
aft] y1 = :]e y g1 ,i w g2          &   
:]e y lodge1 ,i w lodge2 y\r p %all be  
my p1          & y\r ,god my ,god2      
#jja3jag :]e y die1 w ,i die1 & !re w ,i
 be buri$3          ,yahweh d s to me1 &
 m also1 if any?+ b dea? "p          y &
 me4  #jja3jah ,:5 %e saw t %e 0        
/eadfa/ly m9d$ to g ) h]1          %e   
left (f speak+ to h]4  #jja3jai ,s !y   
two w5t until !y came to ,be?lehem4  ,x 
happ5$1          :5 !y 7 come to        
,be?lehem1 t all ! city 0 mov$          
ab\t !m1 & ! wom5 said1 ,is ?is ,naomi8 
#jja3jbj ,%e said to !m1 ,don't call me 
,naomi1 call me ,m>a2          = !      
,almighty has dealt v bitt]ly ) me4     
#jja3jba ,i w5t out full1 & ,yahweh has 

br\ght me home aga9 empty2          :y d
 y call me ,naomi1 see+ ,yahweh has     
te/ifi$ aga9/ me1          & ! ,almighty
 has afflict$ me8  #jja3jbb ,s ,naomi   
return$1 & ,ru? ! ,moabitess1 h]        
daught]-9-law1          ) h]1 :o return$
 out ( ! c\ntry ( ,moab3          & !y  
came to ,be?lehem 9 ! beg9n+ ( b>ley    
h>ve/4  #jjb3jja ,naomi _h a k9sman ( h]
 husb&'s1 a mighty man ( weal?1         
( ! family ( ,elimele*1 & 8 "n 0 ,boaz4 
#jjb3jjb ,ru? ! ,moabitess said to      
,naomi1 ,let me n[ g to ! field1        
& glean among ! e>s ( gra9 aft] him 9 ^:
 sight          ,i %all f9d favor4  ,%e 
said to h]1 ,g1 my daught]4  #jjb3jjc   
,%e w5t1 & came & glean$ 9 ! field aft] 
! reap]s3          & %e happ5$ to come  
to ! portion ( ! field belong+          
to ,boaz1 :o 0 ( ! family ( ,elimele*4  
#jjb3jjd ,behold1 ,boaz came f          
,be?lehem1 & said to ! reap]s1          
,yahweh be ) y4  ,!y answ]$ him1 ,yahweh
 bless y4  #jjb3jje ,!n said ,boaz to 8 
s]vant :o 0 set ov] ! reap]s1           

,^: "y lady is ?is8  #jjb3jjf ,! s]vant 
:o 0 set ov] ! reap]s answ]$1 ,x is !   
,moabite          lady :o came back )   
,naomi out ( ! c\ntry ( ,moab3  #jjb3jjg
 ,%e said1 ,please let me glean & ga!r  
aft] ! reap]s          among ! %eaves4  
,s %e came1 & has cont9u$ ev5          f
 ! morn+ until n[1 except t %e /ay$ a   
little          9 ! h\se4  #jjb3jjh ,!n 
said ,boaz to ,ru?1 ,don't y he>1 my    
daught]8          ,don't g to glean 9   
ano!r field1 nei!r pass f h5ce1         
b abide "h fa/ by my maid5s4  #jjb3jji  
,let y\r eyes be on ! field t !y reap1 &
 g aft] !m3          hav5't ,i *>g$ ! "y
 m5 t !y %all n t\*          y8 & :5 y  
are ?ir/y1 g to ! vessels1 & dr9k       
( t :i* ! "y m5 h drawn4  #jjb3jaj ,!n  
%e fell on h] face1 & b[$ h]self to !   
gr\nd1          & said to him1 ,:y h ,i 
f\nd favor 9 y\r sight1          t y    
%\ld take k ( me1 see+ ,i am a =eign]8  
#jjb3jaa ,boaz answ]$ h]1 ,x has fully  
be5 %[n me1 all t y          h done to  
y\r "m-9-law s9ce ! dea? ( y\r husb&2   

& h[ y h left y\r fa!r & y\r "m1        
& ! l& ( y\r bir?1 & h come to a p t y  
didn't "k be=e4  #jjb3jab ,yahweh       
recomp5se y\r "w1 & a full rew>d be giv5
 y          ( ,yahweh1 ! ,god ( ,israel1
 "u ^: w+s y are come          to take  
refuge4  #jjb3jac ,!n %e said1 ,let me  
f9d favor 9 y\r sight1 my "l1           
because y h com=t$ me1 & because y h    
spok5 k9dly          to y\r h&maid1 ?\gh
 ,i am n z "o ( y\r h&maid5s4  #jjb3jad 
,at meal "t ,boaz said to h]1 ,come "h1 
& eat ( ! bread1          & dip y\r     
morsel 9 ! v9eg>4  ,%e sat beside !     
reap]s1          & !y rea*$ h] p>*$     
gra91 & %e ate1 & 0 suffic$1          & 
left ( x4  #jjb3jae ,:5 %e 0 ris5 up to 
glean1 ,boaz comm&$ 8          "y m51   
say+1 ,let h] glean ev5 among ! %eaves1 
& don't reproa* h]4  #jjb3jaf ,also pull
 out "s = h] f ! bundles1 & leave x1    
& let h] glean1 & don't rebuke h]4      
#jjb3jag ,s %e glean$ 9 ! field until   
ev52 & %e beat out t          :i* %e _h 
glean$1 & x 0 ab\t an ephah ( b>ley4    

#jjb3jah ,%e took x up1 & w5t into !    
city2 & h] "m-9-law          saw :at %e 
_h glean$3  & %e br\ght =? & gave       
to h] t :i* %e _h left aft] %e 0        
suffic$4  #jjb3jai ,h] "m-9-law said to 
h]1 ,:]e h y glean$ today8 &            
:]e h y work$8 bless$ be he :o did take 
k ( y4          ,%e %[n h] "m-9-law )   
:om %e _h work$1 & said1          ,!    
man's "n ) :om ,i work$ today is ,boaz4 
#jjb3jbj ,naomi said to h]              
daught]-9-law1 ,bless$ be he ( ,yahweh1 
:o has n left (f 8 k9dness to ! liv+ &  
to ! dead4          ,naomi said to h]1  
,! man is a close relative to u1        
"o ( our ne> k9sm54  #jjb3jba ,ru? !    
,moabitess said1 ,yes1 he said to me1 ,y
 %all keep          fa/ by my "y m51    
until !y h end$ all my h>ve/4  #jjb3jbb 
,naomi said to ,ru? h] daught]-9-law1 ,x
 is good1 my daught]1          t y g out
 ) 8 maid5s1 & t !y n meet y          9 
any o!r field4  #jjb3jbc ,s %e kept fa/ 
by ! maid5s ( ,boaz1 to glean to ! end  
( b>ley h>ve/ & ( :eat h>ve/2 & %e liv$ 

) h] "m-9-law4  #jjc3jja ,naomi h]      
"m-9-law said to h]1 ,my daught]1 %all  
,i          n seek re/ = y1 t x may be  
well ) y8  #jjc3jjb ,n[ isn't ,boaz our 
k9sman1 ) ^: maid5s y 78                
,behold1 he w9n[s b>ley tonight 9 !     
?re%+ floor4  #jjc3jjc ,wa% y\rself     
!re=e1 & ano9t y1 & put y\r clo?+       
on y1 & get y d[n to ! ?re%+ floor1 b   
don't          make y\rself kn[n to !   
man1 until he %all h done          eat+ 
& dr9k+4  #jjc3jjd ,x %all be1 :5 he    
lies d[n1 t y %all m>k ! place          
:]e he %all lie1 & y %all g 91 & uncov] 
8 feet1          & lay y d[n2 & he w    
tell y :at y %all d4  #jjc3jje ,%e said 
to h]1 ,all t y say ,i w d4  #jjc3jjf   
,%e w5t d[n to ! ?re%+ floor1 & did     
accord+ to all          t h] "m-9-law   
told h]4  #jjc3jjg ,:5 ,boaz _h eat5 &  
drunk1 & 8 he>t 0 m]ry1          he w5t 
to lie d[n at ! end ( ! heap ( gra93    
& %e came s(tly1 & uncov]$ 8 feet1 &    
laid h] d[n4  #jjc3jjh ,x happ5$ at     
midnight1 t ! man 0 afraid1 & turn$     

himself2          & behold1 a woman lay 
at 8 feet4  #jjc3jji ,he said1 ,:o are  
y8  ,%e answ]$1 ,i am ,ru? y\r h&maid3  
spread !re=e y\r skirt ov] y\r h&maid2 =
 y are          a ne> k9sman4  #jjc3jaj 
,he said1 ,bless$ are y by ,yahweh1 my  
daught]3          y h %[n m k9dness 9 ! 
latt] end ?an at          ! beg9n+1     
inasmu* z y didn't foll[ "y m51         
:e!r poor or ri*4  #jjc3jaa ,n[1 my     
daught]1 don't be afraid2 ,i w d to y   
all t          y say2 = all ! city ( my 
p does "k t y          are a wor?y      
woman4  #jjc3jab ,n[ x is true t ,i am a
 ne> k9sman2 h[ev] !re is          a    
k9sman ne>] ?an ,i4  #jjc3jac ,/ay ?is  
night1 & x %all be 9 ! morn+1 t if he w 
p]=m to y ! "p ( a k9sman1 well2 let him
 d !          k9sman's "p3  b if he w n 
d ! "p ( a k9sman to y1          !n w ,i
 d ! "p ( a k9sman to y1 z ,yahweh      
lives3          lie d[n until ! morn+4  
#jjc3jad ,%e lay at 8 feet until !      
morn+4  ,%e rose up be=e          "o    
c\ld disc]n ano!r4  ,= he said1 ,let x n

 be kn[n          t ! woman came to !   
?re%+ floor4  #jjc3jae ,he said1 ,br+ ! 
mantle t is on y1 & hold x2          &  
%e held x2 & he measur$ six measures (  
b>ley1          & laid x on h]3  & he   
w5t into ! city4  #jjc3jaf ,:5 %e came  
to h] "m-9-law1 %e said1 ,:o are y1     
my daught]8  ,%e told h] all t ! man _h 
done to h]4  #jjc3jag ,%e said1 ,^! six 
measures ( b>ley gave he me2 = he said1 
,don't g empty to y\r "m-9-law4         
#jjc3jah ,!n said %e1 ,sit /ill1 my     
daught]1 until y "k h[          ! matt] 
w fall2 = ! man w n re/1 until he has   
f9i%$ ! ?+ ?is day4  #jjd3jja ,n[ ,boaz 
w5t up to ! gate1 & sat him d[n !re3    
& behold1 ! ne> k9sman ( :om ,boaz spoke
 came by2          to :om he said1 ,ho1 
su* a "o6 turn aside1 sit d[n "h4       
,he turn$ aside1 & sat d[n4  #jjd3jjb   
,he took t5 m5 ( ! eld]s ( ! city1 &    
said1 ,sit y          d[n "h4  ,!y sat  
d[n4  #jjd3jjc ,he said to ! ne> k9sman1
 ,naomi1 :o has come back out          (
 ! c\ntry ( ,moab1 is sell+ ! p>cel (   

l&1          :i* 0 our bro!r            
,elimele*'s3  #jjd3jjd ,i ?\ght to      
disclose x to y1 say+1 ,buy x be=e      
^? :o sit "h1 & be=e ! eld]s ( my p4    
,if y w r$eem x1 r$eem x3  b if y w n   
r$eem x1 !n tell me1 t ,i may "k2 = !re 
is none to r$eem x besides y2 & ,i am   
aft] y4          ,he said1 ,i w r$eem x4
  #jjd3jje ,!n said ,boaz1 ,:at day y   
buy ! field ( ! h& ( ,naomi1          y 
mu/ buy x also ( ,ru? ! ,moabitess1 !   
wife ( ! dead1          to raise up ! "n
 ( ! dead on 8 inh]itance4  #jjd3jjf ,! 
ne> k9sman said1 ,i c't r$eem x =       
myself1 le/ ,i          m> my own       
inh]itance3  take my "r ( r$emption on  
y2          = ,i c't r$eem x4  #jjd3jjg 
,n[ ?is 0 ! cu/om 9 =m] "t 9 ,israel    
conc]n+          r$eem+ & conc]n+       
ex*ang+1 to confirm all ?+s3          a 
man drew (f 8 %oe1 & gave x to 8        
neighbor2          & ?is 0 ! mann] (    
atte/ation 9 ,israel4  #jjd3jjh ,s ! ne>
 k9sman said to ,boaz1 ,buy x = y\rself4
          ,he drew (f 8 %oe4  #jjd3jji  

,boaz said to ! eld]s1 & to all ! p1 ,y 
are witnesses          ?is day1 t ,i h  
b\ght all t 0 ,elimele*'s1          &   
all t 0 ,*ilion's & ,mahlon's1 ( ! h& ( 
,naomi4  #jjd3jaj ,moreov] ,ru? !       
,moabitess1 ! wife ( ,mahlon1 h ,i      
pur*as$ to be my wife1 to raise up ! "n 
( ! dead          on 8 inh]itance1 t !  
"n ( ! dead n be cut (f          f among
 8 bro!rs1 & f ! gate ( 8 place3        
y are witnesses ?is day4  #jjd3jaa ,all 
! p :o 7 9 ! gate1 & ! eld]s1 said1 ,we 
are witnesses4  ,yahweh make ! woman :o 
has come into y\r h\se          l ,ra*el
 & l ,leah1 :i* two built ! h\se (      
,israel3          & d y wor?ily 9       
,ephra?ah1 & be fam\s 9 ,be?lehem3      
#jjd3jab & let y\r h\se be l ! h\se (   
,p]ez1 :om ,tam>          bore to       
,judah1 ( ! se$ :i* ,yahweh %all give y 
( ?is "y woman4  #jjd3jac ,s ,boaz took 
,ru?1 & %e became 8 wife2 & he w5t 9 to 
h]1          & ,yahweh gave h]          
conception1 & %e bore a son4  #jjd3jad  
,! wom5 said to ,naomi1 ,bless$ be      

,yahweh1 :o has n left          y ?is   
day )\t a ne> k9sman2 & let 8 "n be     
fam\s 9 ,israel4  #jjd3jae ,he %all be  
to y a re/or] ( life1 & su/a9 y         
9 y\r old age1 = y\r daught]-9-law1 :o  
loves y1          :o is bett] to y ?an  
sev5 sons1 has borne him4  #jjd3jaf     
,naomi took ! *ild1 & laid x 9 h] bosom1
 & became          nurse to x4  #jjd3jag
 ,! wom5 h] neighbors gave x a "n1 say+1
 ,!re is a son          born to ,naomi2 
& !y nam$ him ,ob$3  he is ! fa!r       
( ,jesse1 ! fa!r ( ,david4  #jjd3jah ,n[
 ?is is ! hi/ory ( ! g5]ations ( ,p]ez3 
,p]ez became          ! fa!r ( ,hezron1 
#jjd3jai & ,hezron became ! fa!r ( ,ram1
 & ,ram became          ! fa!r (        
,amm9adab1  #jjd3jbj & ,amm9adab became 
! fa!r ( ,nah%on1 & ,nah%on became      
! fa!r ( ,salmon1  #jjd3jba & ,salmon   
became ! fa!r ( ,boaz1 & ,boaz became   
! fa!r ( ,ob$1  #jjd3jbb & ,ob$ became !
 fa!r ( ,jesse1 & ,jesse became         
! fa!r ( ,david4