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.