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# On the day that you buy ... you must also
Boaz uses this expression to inform his relative of the additional responsibility he will have if he buys the land.
# from the hand of Naomi
Here the word "hand" represents Naomi, who owns the field. Alternate translation: "from Naomi" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
# you must also take Ruth
"you must also marry Ruth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
# Ruth ... the widow of a dead man
"Ruth ... the widow of Elimelek's son"
# to raise up the name of the dead
"that she may have a son to inherit the property and carry on the name of her dead husband"