Commentaire sur Ruth 2:1
וּֽלְנָעֳמִ֞י מידע [מוֹדַ֣ע] לְאִישָׁ֗הּ אִ֚ישׁ גִּבּ֣וֹר חַ֔יִל מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַת אֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְ וּשְׁמ֖וֹ בֹּֽעַז׃
Or, Noémi se connaissait un parent de son mari, un homme considérable par sa richesse, de la famille d’Elimélec, et qui se nommait Booz.
Rashi on Ruth
A kinsman. A relative; he was the son of Elimelech’s brother. Our Rabbis of blessed memory said, “Elimelech, and Salmone1Rus 4:21. the father of Bo’az, and the anonymous kinsman,2Ibid. 4:1. and the father of Naomi,3Therefore Bo’az and Naomi were cousins. were all sons of Nachshon,4Shemos 6:23 and Bamidbar 10:14. the son of Aminadav.5Maseches Bava Basra 91a. Yet the merit of their fathers was no avail them when they left the Land [of Yisroel] to go abroad.”
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Rashi on Judges
Ivtzan. Boaz.2The husband of Rus, ancestor of King David. (Bava Basra, 91:a)
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