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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Elimelech (Man living before Israel's Monarchy)

Naomi's husband. He took the family from Bethlehem to Moab to get away from a famine and died there, and both his sons died after him, which leaves Naomi and Ruth to make the journey back.

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Naomi's husband. He took the family from Bethlehem to Moab to get away from a famine and died there, and both his sons died after him, which leaves Naomi and Ruth to make the journey back.

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Elimelech was Naomi's husband, and he moved his family from Bethlehem to Moab to escape a famine, only to die there, leaving Naomi a widow along with her two sons, who also died a decade later, setting up the story of Ruth and Naomi's return to Bethlehem.

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H458

Where it appears
  • Ruth 1:2
  • Ruth 1:3
  • Ruth 2:1
  • Ruth 2:3
  • Ruth 4:3
  • Ruth 4:9

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