Atlas Biblica

    person

    Elimelech

    אֱלִימֶ֫לֶךְ

    Elimelech was Naomi's husband from Bethlehem who died in Moab.

    verses
    6
    first named
    Ruth 1:2
    last named
    Ruth 4:9
    period
    before Israel's Monarchy
    tribe
    Judah

    Description

    Who was Elimelech?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Elimelech was a man from Bethlehem in Judah, the husband of Naomi and the father of Mahlon and Chilion (Rut.1.2). During a time of famine, Elimelech and his family moved to the country of Moab (Rut.1.1-2). While in Moab, Elimelech died, leaving Naomi a widow (Rut.1.3). Naomi's sons, Mahlon and Chilion, married Moabite women named Ruth and Orpah, but they also died after about ten years (Rut.1.4-5). After the death of her husband and sons, Naomi decided to return to Bethlehem, and her daughter-in-law Ruth accompanied her (Rut.1.6-22). Elimelech's family had owned land in Bethlehem, which was later acquired by Boaz, a relative who married Ruth (Rut.4.3,9). Through this marriage, Elimelech's lineage was preserved, and his family's property remained within the clan.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Elimelech4 of 4 entities the graph connects to Elimelech, in one group: kinship 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.NaomiSpouse of · 1 event · 20 versesMahlonFather of · 4 versesChilionFather of · 3 versesSalmaChild of · 2 versesElimelech

    Child of

    • Salmaregistry, no versewhich bearer is the source’s decision

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    Stands in the same events as

    Places

    Where this happens

    A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.

    No verse Atlas has read as a report puts this person anywhere.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 6, across 1 book.

    1. Ruth6 verses

      1:21:32:12:34:34:9

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Chilion and MahlonMan’s residenceMan’s residence is an event attested across 3 verses, connecting 4 pageable entities.via Mahlon and NaomiRuthMoabite woman, ancestor of David and Jesusvia ChilionOrpahNaomi's daughter-in-law, stayed in Moabvia NaomiBoazKinsman-redeemer who married Ruth, ancestor of David and Jesusvia NaomiDaughters In Law, LORD, and Naomi’s return of NaomiDaughters In Law, LORD, and Naomi’s return of Naomi is an event attested across 5 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via NaomiKinsman Redeemer and Boaz’s buying back of Elimelech LandKinsman Redeemer and Boaz’s buying back of Elimelech Land is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via NaomiNaomi and Ruth’s enteringNaomi and Ruth’s entering is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via NaomiNaomi’s departureNaomi’s departure is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via NaomiRuth Doing InstructionsRuth Doing Instructions is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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