Ruth 3:2
HE WINNOWETH. This was, and is to-day, the master's work. His servants plowed, sowed, and reaped.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WINNOWETH. This was, and is to-day, the master's work. His servants plowed, sowed, and reaped.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO ME. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, omit these words.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY SKIRT. wing (with Septuagint and Vulgate) Other codices, with two early printed editions, read "wings". "Wing" put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause) for protective care. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU REQUIREST. thou shalt say. Some codices, with Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, add "unto me". CITY. Hebrew gate, put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part) for the people assembling there.... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE. a man. Hebrew. _i_. _h_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
VAIL. mantle or cloak, worn by all peasants; only the town-women veiling the face. Compare Isaiah 3:23. SHE WENT -HE WENT. The verb is masculine. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulgate, read "she".... [ Continue Reading ]