RobH_en_tn/rut/04/05.md

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

AT: "from the ownership of Naomi." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

Ruth…wife of the dead man

"Ruth…the widow of Elimelech'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" (UDB)

damaging my own inheritance

He would have to give some his own wealth to the children that Ruth may bear.

You take my right of redemption

"You redeem it yourself" or "You redeem it instead of me"