richmahn_en_tn/rut/03/12.md

kinsman nearer than I

It was the duty of the closest male relative to help the widow.

do the part of a kinsman

This phrase translates a single Hebrew word. It means "marry you and father children for your dead husband."

by the life of Yahweh

"as surely as Yahweh lives." This was a common form of a Hebrew vow.