Study it in the app“The kinsman-redeemer said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I destroy my inheritance. You redeem my redemption for yourself, for I cannot redeem.””
The kinsman-redeemerוַ הַגֹּאֵלsaid,יֹּאמֶר“I cannotלֹא אוּכַלredeemלִגְאָלit for myself,לִיlestפֶּןI destroyאַשְׁחִיתmy inheritance.אֶת נַחֲלָתִיYouאַתָּהredeemגְּאַלmy redemptionאֶת גְּאֻלָּתִיfor yourself,לְךָforכִּיI cannotלֹא אוּכַלredeem.”לִגְאֹל
גֹּאֵל
The other relative gives up: “I cannot redeem.”
redeem
To buy back a relative or their land.
Where else “goel” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsbe able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “uchal” appearsdestroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “ashchit” appearsinheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalati” appearsright of redemption
The right to buy back land or a person.
Where else “geulati” appears5Then Boaz said, “On the day you acquire the field from the hand of Naomi and from Ruth the Moabite, the wife of the dead man, you acquire it to raise up the name of the dead man on his inheritance.”
6 · This verse (above)
7Now this was done formerly in Israel concerning redemption and concerning exchange, to confirm any matter: a man took off his sandal and gave it to his companion; and this was the manner of attesting in Israel.
