## translationWords

* [[en:tw:kin]]
* [[en:tw:life]]
* [[en:tw:true]]
* [[en:tw:yahweh]]

## translationNotes

* **kinsman nearer than I** - It was the duty of the closest male relative to help the widow.
* **do the duty of a kinsman** - The duty of a kinsman is to marry the widow and father children for their dead relative.
* **by the life of Yahweh** - "as surely as Yahweh lives." This was a common form of a Hebrew vow.