23 lines
754 B
Markdown
23 lines
754 B
Markdown
## the day that you buy...you must also ##
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Boaz uses this expression to inform his relative of the additional responsibility he will have if he buys the land.
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## from the hand of Naomi ##
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This is an idiom that means "from the ownership of Naomi." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## Ruth...wife of the dead ##
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"Ruth...the wife of the dead man" or "Ruth...the widow of Elimelech's son"
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## to raise up the name of the dead ##
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"that she may have a son to inherit the property and carry on the name of her dead husband" (UDB)
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## damaging my own inheritance ##
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He would have to give some his own wealth to the children that Ruth may bear.
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## You take my right of redemption ##
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"You redeem it yourself" or "You redeem it instead of me" |