The Meaning of Ruth 4:5 Explained

Ruth 4:5

KJV: Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

YLT: And Boaz saith, 'In the day of thy buying the field from the hand of Naomi, then from Ruth the Moabitess, wife of the dead, thou hast bought it, to raise up the name of the dead over his inheritance.'

Darby: And Boaz said, On the day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

ASV: Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then said  Boaz,  What day  thou buyest  the field  of the hand  of Naomi,  thou must buy  [it] also of Ruth  the Moabitess,  the wife  of the dead,  to raise up  the name  of the dead  upon his inheritance. 

What does Ruth 4:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Ruth 4:1-22 - In The Line Of David's Ancestry
We are admitted here to a graphic picture of the old world. Men's memories were longer and stronger than ours: and what was done publicly in the Gate, the place of public concourse, had the seal of permanence irrevocably attached to it. The transference of the shoe indicated the inferior position of woman, though she was honored in Israel more than in the neighboring nations.
What a happy ending! The gleaner need never again tread the fields, following the reaper's footsteps. All the broad acres were now hers, since she had become one with the owner. When we are one with Christ, we no longer work for redemption; but being redeemed, we bring forth fruit unto God, Romans 7:4. The curtain falls on a blessed group. The tiny babe lies on Naomi's bosom. The women who had gone together into the valley of the shadow of death stand together in the light of the mountain-top. God turns mourning into gladness, Psalms 30:11. And let us Gentiles learn that we too have a part in Christ. In Him is neither Jew nor Greek, Colossians 3:11 [source]

Chapter Summary: Ruth 4

1  Boaz calls into judgment the next kinsman
6  He refuses the redemption according to the manner in Israel
9  Boaz buys the inheritance
11  He marries Ruth
13  She bears Obed, the grandfather of David
18  The generations of Pharez unto David

What do the individual words in Ruth 4:5 mean?

And said Boaz On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi and from Ruth the Moabitess the wife of the dead - you must buy [it] to perpetuate the name of the dead through his inheritance
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר בֹּ֔עַז בְּיוֹם־ קְנוֹתְךָ֥ הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה מִיַּ֣ד נָעֳמִ֑י וּ֠מֵאֵת ר֣וּת הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤ה אֵֽשֶׁת־ הַמֵּת֙ [קניתי] (קָנִ֔יתָה) לְהָקִ֥ים שֵׁם־ הַמֵּ֖ת עַל־ נַחֲלָתֽוֹ

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר  And  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
בֹּ֔עַז  Boaz 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּעַז 
Sense: ancestor of David, kinsman-redeemer to Ruth, daughter-in-law of Naomi.
בְּיוֹם־  On  the  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
קְנוֹתְךָ֥  you  buy 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, second person masculine singular
Root: קָנָה 
Sense: to get, acquire, create, buy, possess.
הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה  the  field 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׂדֶה 
Sense: field, land.
מִיַּ֣ד  from  the  hand 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
נָעֳמִ֑י  of  Naomi 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: נָעֳמִי  
Sense: wife of Elimelech, mother of Mahlon and Chilion, and mother-in-law of Ruth and Orpah.
וּ֠מֵאֵת  and  from 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
ר֣וּת  Ruth 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: רוּת  
Sense: daughter-in-law of Naomi, wife of Boaz, and grandmother of David.
הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤ה  the  Moabitess 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מֹואָבִי  
Sense: an citizen of Moab.
אֵֽשֶׁת־  the  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
הַמֵּת֙  of  the  dead 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
[קניתי]  - 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
(קָנִ֔יתָה)  you  must  buy  [it] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: קָנָה 
Sense: to get, acquire, create, buy, possess.
לְהָקִ֥ים  to  perpetuate 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
שֵׁם־  the  name 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
הַמֵּ֖ת  of  the  dead 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
עַל־  through 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
נַחֲלָתֽוֹ  his  inheritance 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.

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