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- 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.