en_tn/rut/03/12.md

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.