en_tn/rut/03/12.md

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  • kinsman nearer than I - It was the duty of the closest male relative to help the widow.
  • do the part of a kinsman - This phrase translates a single Hebrew word. It means "marry you and father children for your dead husband."
  • by the life of Yahweh - "as surely as Yahweh lives." This was a common form of a Hebrew vow.