Teks -- Ruth 3:8 (NET)

3:8 In the middle of the night he was startled and turned over. Now he saw a woman lying beside him!

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Wesley: Rut 3:8 - At midnight

He did not discover her sooner.

Clarke: Rut 3:8 - The man was afraid, and turned himself

The man was afraid, and turned himself - The verb ילפת yillapheth , which we render he turned himself, has puzzled even the Targumist, who translates the clause thus: "The man trembled, and his flesh became like a (boiled) turnip through fear."It is fully evident Boaz had no intimation of the present proceedings. To this verse the Targumist adds much; he says, "Boaz subdued his concupiscence, and acted towards her as Joseph did to the Egyptian wife of his master, and as Pelatiel, the son of Laish the pious, did to Michal, the daughter of Saul, the wife of David, who put a sword between Michal and himself, because he would not approach to her."

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Rut 3:8 - At midnight // Turned himself // A woman lay at his feet

At midnight he did not discover her sooner, though she did not uncover his feet, being it seems in a deep sleep, as is usual after feasts, and she doing no more that her mother commanded her, and using no words or gestures which might provoke his lust; wherein she showed her temperance and modesty, and that what she did was only by her mother’ s instigation and advice, which plainly appeared from her desire expressed, Rth 3:9 , which he knew, she being a stranger, was unacquainted with. And this was the reason why Boaz was not in the least offended with her, but only commends her virtue, without any reflection upon her for this fact.

Turned himself from the place where he lay, he raised and turned himself towards the feet, to learn who or what was there. Or, he was troubled , or afraid , or wondered ; for the Hebrew word being but once used, is diversely rendered.

A woman lay at his feet which he might understand, either by some glimmerings of light which were after midnight, which discovered her; or rather, by her voice, or out of her own mouth, who being asked, told him so much in general, before he made particular inquiry.

Haydock: Rut 3:8 - Troubled

Troubled. Hebrew may be rendered, "and turned himself, or felt," &c. (Calmet) ---

He perceived something at his feet, when he awoke, and was in consternation, particularly when he perceived, through the glimmering light, a woman at his feet. (Haydock).

Gill: Rut 3:8 - And it came to pass at midnight // that the man was afraid // and turned himself // and, behold, a woman lay at his feet

And it came to pass at midnight,.... So long Boaz slept without knowledge of any person being at his feet, and so long Ruth had lain there; but awaking, and perceiving something at his feet, which pressed them, it made him look about and feel, and so affected him:

that the man was afraid; though a man, and a man of spirit, he was afraid, a panic seized him, not knowing but it might be a spectre, a spirit, or a demon, as Jarchi; and such an instance we have in history ^s of an apparition, which seemed to put off clothes, and place itself in a bed where a man lay, &c.

and turned himself; to see who it was:

and, behold, a woman lay at his feet; which he knew by putting his hand upon her head, as Jarchi thinks, and so knew her by her headdress, or vail; or rather by her voice, as Aben Ezra, and who supposes the moon might shine, and he might be able to discern she had no beard, as well as also discover her by her clothes.