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Ruth 2:1

“And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נׇעֳמִיNoʻŏmîy · no-om-ee'
H5281 · Hebrew

Definition: Noomi, an Israelitess
Derivation: from H5278 (נֹעַם); pleasant;
KJV renderings: Naomi.
Grammar: וּֽ — conjunction
לְ — preposition
נָעֳמִ֞י — proper noun
Code HC/R/Np
Usage: Occurs 21 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ruth 1:2 Ruth 1:3 Ruth 1:8 Ruth 1:11 Ruth 1:19

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 2

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.