Passage Research
Ruth 1 — Sermon Preparation
Naomi loses her husband and sons in Moab and heads home to Bethlehem; her daughter-in-law Ruth insists on coming with her in a speech of profound loyalty. Below is a research summary for Ruth 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 22
- verses
- 325 / 122
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Ruth 1 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נׇעֳמִי | Noʻŏmîy | H5281 | 8 | Noömi |
| בֵּית לֶחֶם | Bêyth Lechem | H1035 | 8 | Beth-Lechem |
| שׁוּב | shûwb | H7725 | 12 | turn, return |
| יָלַךְ | yâlak | H3212 | 9 | walk, carry |
| שְׁנַיִם | shᵉnayim | H8147 | 8 | two, twofold |
| רוּת | Rûwth | H7327 | 4 | Ruth |
| מוֹאָב | Môwʼâb | H4124 | 5 | Moab |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Ruth 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Naomi and Ruth came to Bethlehem. Afflictions will make great and surprising changes in a little time. May God, by his grace, fit us for all such changes, especially the great change!, Naomi signifies "pleasant," or "amiable;" Mara, "bitter," or "bitterness." She was now a woman of a sorrowful spirit. She had come home empty, poor, a widow and childless. But there is a fulness for believers of which they never can be emptied; a good part which shall not be taken from those who have it. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Ruth 1:19–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Bethlehem 1— Ruth 1:1
- Moab 1— Ruth 1:1
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