The Definition of the word Elimelech

Elimelech

God his king, a man of the tribe of Judah, of the family of the "Hezronites, and kinsman of Boaz, who dwelt in Bethlehem in the" "days of the judges. In consequence of a great dearth he, with" "his wife Naomi and his two sons, went to dwell in the land of" "Moab. There he and his sons died (Ruth 1:2, 3; 2:1, 3; 4:3, 9)." Naomi afterwards returned to Palestine with her daughter Ruth.