Study it in the app“And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “Blessed be he by YHWH, who has not abandoned his loyal love with the living and with the dead.” And Naomi said to her, “The man is close to us; he is one of our kinsman-redeemers.””
And Naomiוַ נָעֳמִיsaidתֹּאמֶרto her daughter-in-law,לְכַלָּתָהּ“Blessed beבָּרוּךְheהוּאby YHWH,לַיהוָהwhoאֲשֶׁרhas notלֹאabandonedעָזַבhis loyal loveחַסְדּוֹwithאֶתthe livingהַחַיִּיםand withוְאֶתthe dead.”הַמֵּתִיםAnd Naomiוַ נָעֳמִיsaidתֹּאמֶרto her,לָהּ“The manהָאִישׁiscloseקָרוֹבto us;לָנוּheהוּאisone ofמִour kinsman-redeemers.”גֹּאֲלֵנוּ
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Naomi says that Boaz is “one of our kinsman-redeemers.”
Naomi
Naomi, wife of Elimelech and mother-in-law of Ruth. The name means "pleasant" or "my delight."
Where else “naomi” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appearsdaughter-in-law
The son's wife.
Where else “chalata” appearsgreet
To wish someone God's good; to greet.
Where else “baruch” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appearsforsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azav” appearsloyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasd” appearsalive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “metim” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsnear
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “karov” appearsredeem
To buy back a relative or their land.
Where else “goale” appearsThe “kinsman-redeemer” was the close relative whose duty was to buy back the land or the person of a relative who had fallen into need (Leviticus 25:25, 47-49). It is the same word as “redeemer.”
19Her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? May the one who took notice of you be blessed.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.”
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21And Ruth the Moabite said, “He also said to me, ‘Cling to the young men who are mine until they have finished all the harvest that is mine.’”
