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# Where have you gleaned today? Where did you go to work?
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Naomi said almost the same thing in two different ways to show that she was very interested in knowing what had happened to Ruth that day. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# he be blessed by Yahweh
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Naomi is asking God to reward Boaz for his kindness to Ruth and herself.
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# who has not left off his loyalty
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"who has continued to be loyal." Possible meanings are 1) Boaz remembered his obligations to Naomi as a family member or 2) Naomi is referring to Yahweh, who was acting through Boaz or 3) Yahweh has continued to be faithful to the living and the dead. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]])
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# to the living
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"to the people who are still living." Naomi and Ruth were the "living."
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# the dead
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Naomi's husband and sons were the "dead." This can be stated differently to remove the nominal adjective "the dead." AT: "the people who have already died" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# near of kin to us, one of our kinsman-redeemers
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The second phrase repeats and expands the first. This is a Hebrew style of emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# kinsman-redeemers
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A kinsman-redeemer was a close male relative who could rescue a childless widow from financial ruin by marrying her and having a child with her. He would also reacquire the land his relatives had lost due to poverty and redeem family members who had sold themselves into slavery.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/glean]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/bless]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ruth]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/boaz]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/kin]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/redeem]] |