אֱלִימֶלֶךְ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H458

Elimelech — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Elimelech tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֱלִימֶ֫לֶךְ: n.pr.m. tree →

The whole BDB entry

(& ־מֶ֑לֶךְ Ru 2:1) n.pr.m. (God is king, cf. מַלְכִּיאֵל) husband of Naomi Ru 1:2, 3; 2:3; 4:3, 9.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Elimelech (3); of Elimelech (2); [was] Elimelech (1).

In the verses

Ruth 1:3 · tree →

וַיָּ֥מָת אֱלִימֶ֖לֶךְ אִ֣ישׁ נָעֳמִ֑י וַתִּשָּׁאֵ֥ר הִ֖יא וּשְׁנֵ֥י בָנֶֽיהָ׃

Word for word: and he.died Elimelech the.husband of.Naomi and she.was.left she and the.two sons her

JPS 1917: And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

Ruth 2:1 · tree →

וּֽלְנָעֳמִ֞י מוֹדַ֣ע לְאִישָׁ֗הּ אִ֚ישׁ גִּבּ֣וֹר חַ֔יִל מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַת אֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְ וּשְׁמ֖וֹ בֹּֽעַז׃

Word for word: and.[belonged] to Naomi a.relative of husband her a.man mighty of.wealth from the.clan of.Elimelech and name his [was].Boaz

JPS 1917: And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of valour, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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