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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Ruth spoke with humility to Boaz.
 
 # Spread your cloak over your female servant
 
-This was a cultural idiom for marriage. Alternate translation: "Marry me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
+Ruth was asking Boaz to marry her. 
 
 # near kinsman