Ruth 1:2New Messianic Version BibleAnd the name of the man [was] Eli-Melekh [my God is king], and the name of his wife Na’omi [my delight], and the name of his two sons Machlon [sick] and Kilyon [pining], Efratim [ashiness: fruitfulness] from Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] in Y’hudah. And they came into the country of Mo’av [Seed of my Father], and settled there. See the chapter |
But youi, Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] Ephrat [ash-heap: place of fruitfulness], [though] youi be little among the thousands of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], [yet] out of youi shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.
Now there was a certain man of Ramatayim-Tzofim [double height of the watchers], of mount Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful], and his name [was] Elkanah [God Has Taken Possession], the son of Yerocham [showing pity], the son of Elihu [He is my God], the son of Tochu [lowly], the son of Tzuf [honeycomb], an Efrat [ashiness: fruitfulness]: