And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
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Gill's Exposition
And the women her neighbours gave it a name,.... Josephus says (q) Naomi gave it, by the advice of her neighbours; very probably on the eighth day when he was circumcised, and the neighbours were…
Barnes' Notes
Obed - i. e. serving, with allusion to the service of love and duty which he would render to his grandmother Naomi.
Adam Clarke
The neighbors gave it a name - That is, they recommended a name suitable to the circumstances of the case; and the parents and grandmother adopted it.
They called his name Obed - עובד obed, serving,…
Here is, I. Ruth a wife. Boaz took her, with the usual solemnities, to his house, and she became his wife (Rut 4:13), all the city, no doubt, congratulating the preferment of a virtuous woman, purely…
Cambridge Bible
the women her neighbours. Cf. Rth 4:4 and Rth 1:19. In St Luk 1:58 f., the neighbours and kinsfolk propose to name the child.
There is a son born to Naomi The child is popularly considered to belong…