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## lifted up their voices and cried ##
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<b>lifted up their voices and cried <b>- This means that they cried out loud or wept bitterly. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## Listen ##
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"Listen" here means "please take notice."
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## Ruth held on to her ##
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"clung to her." It is implied that she "refused to leave her" or "would not leave her." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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## your sister-in-law ##
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"the wife of your husband's brother" or "Orpah"
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## her gods ##
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Before Orpah & Ruth married Naomi's sons, they worshipped the gods of Moab. During their marriage, they switched to worshipping Naomi's God.
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