## 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 ## This is an idiom that means "from the ownership of Naomi." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]]) ## Ruth...wife of the dead ## "Ruth...the wife of the dead man" or "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"