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your female servant

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)

near kinsman

a close relative with special responsibilities toward their extended family