Translation talk:Ruth

Translation Information
The below text has been translated by John Kloosterman

The source text used was Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, fifth edition, published by Deutsche Bibelgesellscaft, often abbreviated as BHS. BHS is the standard critical Hebrew text used for translation and textual study, and is based on the oldest complete Masoretic manuscript. I have followed no variant readings pointed out in the BHS apparatus.

For the translation, I used the BDB to discern the meaning of words, a website at http://morfix.co.il to parse some difficult forms, and the ESV[3] for the opinion of more educated minds on the correct readings of words and grammar.

This is a formally-equivalent translation of Ruth.

I have separated it into paragraphs, which though not all in the original text are quite self-evident. I have footnoted Hebrew words that have a meaning broader than a corresponding English word communicates:


 * 1. The translations of the two names of Naomi in 1:19, which are essential for that verse,
 * 2. The words ḥésed and néphesh, which have no English analogue,
 * 3. The word tōlëḏoṯ, for comparison with e.g. Ge. 5:1.

Bibliography: [1] Francis Brown, The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon: With an Appendix Containing the Biblical Aramaic. Hendrickson Publishers, Massachusetts, 2006. [2] De Ward, Jan, Translators’ Handbook of Ruth. The Bible Translator, Oct. 1970, 157-169. [3] Packer, J.I., et al. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Good News Publishers, Wheaton, Illinois, 2001.


 * the text has been added to wikisource per request of Yemenim: (*I agree to contribute my polished translation of Ruth at http://yemenim.googlepages.com/ruth.pdf, but it needs to be entered in with the correct formatting. --User:Yemenim) by Jdavid2008