SECTION XXXVII
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v±7t7c8v v®7ą!t7v,#t v«¶u`vşh »i2ŻĐh oh×1s2g
ohĐb2eş8vşu r*g*ą8cr#A4t o7g7vk7 ť®r}nt`«u th
v7,Ü7r0p#t0c kĐh±8jv`2a4gu kÜ2t7r`}aĐh ,h±2c,#t
«o3vh2Ż}A ťb7c r«#A4t «v7t2k0fť | k2j7r0
ˇ#,h2ck#t
:o3j7k ,h2c0c o2At7r0eť
i2ŻĐh r«#A4t g*rˇŁ8vi!n v×7sťvh1k r7n7,
v7s0k¶hr#A4t .#rÜ3 ,h±2c0 «},h2c h1vhĐu ch
:,t`8v v7r4g°8vi!n Ü0k «v¶u`vşh
Targum:
TANAKH |
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SEPTUAGINT |
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ť®r}nt`«u |
and they said |
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k7 |
all |
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o7g7v |
the people |
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r#A4t |
are |
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r*g*ą8c |
in the gate |
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ohĐb2eş8vşu |
and the elders |
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oh×1s2g |
witnesses |
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»i2ŻĐh |
may he make |
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v«¶u`vşh |
HaShem |
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,#t |
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v®7ą!t7v |
the woman |
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v±7t7c8v |
the one coming |
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k#t |
into |
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ˇ#,h2c |
your home |
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k2j7r0 |
like Rachel |
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v7t2k0fť |
and like Leah |
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r«#A4t |
who |
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ťb7c |
they built up |
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«o3vh2Ż}A |
two of them |
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,#t |
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,h±2c |
house |
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kÜ2t7r`}aĐh |
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v`2a4gu |
and have |
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kĐh±8j |
valor |
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v7,Ü7r0p#t0c |
in Ephrata |
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t7r0eť |
and call |
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o2A |
name |
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,h2c0c |
in house |
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:o3j7k |
bread |
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h1vhĐu |
and may he be |
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},h2c |
your house |
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,h±2c0 |
like house |
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.#rÜ3 |
Peretz |
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r#A4t |
whom |
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v7s0k¶h |
she bore |
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r7n7, |
Tamar |
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v×7sťvh1k |
to Yehudah |
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i!n |
through |
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g*rˇŁ8v |
the offspring |
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r«#A4t |
that |
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i2ŻĐh |
he gives |
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«v¶u`vşh |
HaShem |
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0k |
to you |
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i!n |
by |
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v7r4g°8v |
the young woman |
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:,t`8v |
the this |
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Peshitta
4:11 And all the people and the elders that were at the city gate, answered, saying, We are witnesses. And they blessed him, and said to him, May the LORD make this woman who is in your presence like Rachel and like Leah, for both of them built up the house of Israel; and may you do worthily in Ephratah, and call its name Beth-lehem.
4:12 And let your house be like the house of Pharez,
whom Tamar bore to
Stone’s Translation
4:11 Then all the people who were at the gate, and the
elders, said, “[We are] witnesses! May HASHEM make the woman who is coming into your house
like Rachel and like Leah, both of whom built up the House of Israel. May you
prosper in Ephrath and be famous in Beth-lehem;
4:12 and may your house be like the house of Perez
whom Tamar bore to
KJV
4:11 And all the people that [were] in the gate, and
the elders, said, [We are] witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into
thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of
4:12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez,
whom Tamar bare unto
Septuagint
Ruth
4:11 kai; ei[posan pa'" oJ lao;" oiJ ejn th'/ puvlh/
mavrture" kai; oiJ presbuvteroi ei[posan dwv/h kuvrio" th;n
gunai'kav sou th;n eijsporeuomevnhn eij" to;n
oi\kovn sou wJ" Rachl kai; wJ" Leian ai} wj/kodovmhsan
ajmfovterai to;n oi\kon Israhl kai; ejpoivhsan
duvnamin ejn Efraqa kai; e[stai o[noma ejn Baiqleem
Ruth
4:12 kai; gevnoito oJ oi\kov" sou wJ" oJ oi\ko" Fare"
o}n e[teken Qamar tw'/ Iouda ejk tou' spevrmato" ou| dwvsei
kuvriov" soi ejk th'" paidivskh"
tauvth"
Ruth
4:11-12 And all the people who were at the gate, said, “We are witnesses.” And the elders said, “The LORD grant
that the woman who is coming into your house be as Rachel and Leia, the two who built the house of
Peshat Level:
Targum
4:11
Then all the people who were at the gate, the Sanhedrin, and the elders,
replied: "We are witnesses. God grant that this woman who comes to your
home, be like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of
4:12
"And from the offspring which the Lord will give you by this young woman,
may your house prosper like that of Perez, whom Tamar bore to
Rashi
4:11
Like Rachel and like Leah Even
though they were from the tribe of
And be famous That is to say, “May your name become great”.
4:12 Like the house of Peretz From whom they descended.
Gemarah Level:
Midrash Level:
Midrash Rabbah
Ruth VII:13 AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE GATE, AND THE ELDERS, SAID: WE ARE WITNESSES. THE LORD MAKE THE WOMAN THAT IS COME INTO THY HOUSE LIKE RACHEL AND LIKE LEAH (IV, 11). R. Berekiah said: The majority of those sitting were descendants of Leah, so he mentions Rachel first. R. Abba b. Kahana said: Rachel was the chief wife of Jacob, as it is said, But Rachel was barren (Genesis XXIX, I). [Read not ‘akarah’ (barren) but] ’ikarah (the chief one). R. Simeon b. Yohai taught: Since they spake against Rachel, therefore all Jacob's descendants are ascribed to her, as it is written, Rachel weeping for her children (Jeremiah XXXI, 15). And not only to her, but even to her son, as it is said, It may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph (Amos V, 15). And not only to her son, but even to her grandson, as it is said, Is Ephraim a darling son unto Me? Is he a child that is dandled? (Jeremiah XXXI, 20).
Ruth VII:14 AND LET THY HOUSE BE AS THE HOUSE OF PEREZ... OF THE SEED WHICH THE LORD SHALL GIVE THEE OF THIS WOMAN (IV, 12). They said: ‘May all the children which the Holy One, blessed be He, will give you be from this righteous woman.’ Similarly, And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren (Genesis XXV, 21). What is the meaning of ‘opposite his wife’? It teaches that Isaac prostrated himself in one corner, and Rebecca in the other, and he said, ‘Lord of the Universe, may all the children which Thou art destined to grant me be of this righteous woman.’ Similarly, And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife (I Sam. II, 20). He blessed them, saying, ' May all the children which the Holy One, blessed be He, will give you be of this righteous woman.’
Zohar Level:
Soncino Zohar, Devarim, Section 3, Page 266b R. Simeon has expounded, that one who brings a false charge against his first wife and brings an evil name upon her is like one who casts aspersions on high. This, again, is in conformity with what R. Hiya said in the name of R. Jose, that a virgin inherits seven blessings, but not a woman who is married again; she, however, inherits the blessing of Boaz and Ruth.’
Other Commentaries:
Me’am Lo’ez
4:11
All the people who were in the gate and the elders said, “Witnesses! May the
Lord make the woman who is coming into your house be like Rachel and like Leah,
both of whom built the house of
Although
it is beneath the dignity of
To dispel any qualms he might have had about marrying a woman of Moabite extraction who had gone against convention by pursuing him, the elders and the people assured Boaz that his new wife was like Rachel and Leah. They, too, came from idolatrous homes, which they abandoned to cleave to God. But her merit surpassed theirs, for they waited for Jacob to come to Laban’s house and marry them, whereas she left her parents and came “into your house.”
Moreover,
in pursuing Boaz, Ruth followed the precedent of Leah, whose desire to build
the house of
The assembled also praised the bride for possessing Rachel’s beauty and Leah’s modesty. And in keeping with the tradition that one who attends wedding festivities should bless the bride and groom and pray for them, the people prayed that she be beloved of her husband like Rachel, and like Leah bear him many sons; and that all her children be righteous.
No
mention is made of the other matriarchs, because Hagar—whom Sarah gave Abraham
in marriage, hoping “perhaps I will be built from her” (Genesis 16:2)—bore
Ishmael, and Rebekah bore Esau. But all the children of Rachel and Leah—and all
of the maidservants they gave Jacob in marriage in order to build the house of
The elders mentioned Rachel before Leah. For just as Rachel had been barren and was later granted conception, so too Ruth, who had been barren during her ten-year marriage to Machlon, should now, at age forty, miraculously conceive.
[And
just as Rachel and Leah “both. . . built the house of
It is noteworthy that the assembled Judeans, descendants of Leah, acknowledged Rachel to have been the mainstay of Jacob’s home, and put her name before Leah’s.
Having mentioned Rachel, who had died “on the way to Ephrata” (Genesis 35:19), they quickly added a blessing that Boaz “prosper in Ephrata.”
In addition to wealth, which he deserved because he was not marryirig for money, they wished him an abundance of children, since all the children from his first marriage had died. The gematriya of khj is forty-eight, to hint of Jacob’s thirty-four children [and grandchildren] from Leah, and fourteen from Rachel (cf. Genesis 46:8—15, 19—22).
They
further blessed Boaz that he be like his ancestral kin Caleb, to whom Ephrata
(Miriam) bore Chur, “firstborn of Ephrata and father of
According
to a different interpretation, they said: “If you grow great in your immediate
neighborhood of Ephrata, where your conduct and deeds undergo careful scrutiny,
your fame will spread throughout the greater
In
the merit of Boaz, the famine ceased, and he had saved
“May you raise a family of royalty like that of Peretz and establish the monarchy through this woman who took the initiative, as Lot’s daughters and Tamar had done, and came into your house.”
4:12 “And may your house be like the house of
Peretz whom Tamar bore to
Ever
since Jacob said to Joseph, “In you shall
[Tamar, too, is mentioned here because of the parallels between her and Ruth.]
Just
as Tamar dressed up and went to
Just as Tamar did not bear children to her first husband Er or his brother Onan, who took her in levirate marriage, but to Judah, so Ruth did not bear children to Machlon or to his brother Kilyon, who took her in levirate marriage, but to Boaz.
When Tamar was giving birth, at first it seemed that Zerach would be firstborn and win the kingship of the house of David, but his twin brother Peretz pushed ahead and came into the world first, thereby becoming the ancestor of royalty. Similarly, when Ruth was being redeemed, at first it appeared that the other redeemer would establish the monarchy, but it turned out that the privilege went to Boaz.
Peretz and Zerach, was well as Ruth’s son, were named by women. Because Tamar and Ruth acted for the sake of heaven, [they were graced with miraculous providence.] It was therefore fitting that their children be named by women, whose faith in God Is stronger than men’s, as evidenced by their refusal to participate in the sins of the Golden Calf and of the spies, and who are more sensitive to and appreciative of events that transcend the routine of nature.
Abraham Ibn Ezra
Malbim
11. All
the people who were at the gateway [of the court] and the elders -the witnesses
-then said. They bestowed upon them three nuptial blessings: 1] A blessing
for the woman (in spite of her being the daughter of idolaters) -who is
entering your home, the home of a great and righteous man, she should be in
her righteousness like Rachel and Le'ah (who also were daughters of an
idolater, Lavan) but, nevertheless because of their marriage to Yaakov they
both created the House of Israel. So, too, should there be built from
Ruth a faithful home which will be the Royal House upon which is dependent the
success of the entire House of Israel. 2] A blessing for Boaz -[May you]
become prosperous in Ephras and famous in
12. And may your household be like. This is the third blessing, a blessing to the children that will be born to them; even though they are children of a yevamah (a widow without children), and therefore will be called by the name of the deceased, even so, behold the House of Peretz, whom Tamar (also through an act of levirate marriage) bore and he is linked to Yehudah, upon whom the entire family honor was dependent. So, too, should the household which will be formed from the offspring that HaShem will give you from this young woman, make claim to honor.
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