## lifted up their voices and cried  ##

<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]])

## Listen ##

"Listen" here means "please take notice."

## Ruth held on to her ##

"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]])

## your sister-in-law ##

"the wife of your husband's brother" or "Orpah"

## her gods ##

Before Orpah & Ruth married Naomi's sons, they worshipped the gods of Moab. During their marriage, they switched to worshipping Naomi's God.