Ruth 4:6
The near kinsman said, “I can’t redeem it for myself, lest I endanger my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can’t redeem it.”This verse in the real world
In what words
- גְּאֻלָּהgᵉʼullâhredemption (including the right and the object); by implication, relationship
- גָּאַלgâʼalto be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc
- שָׁחַתshâchathto decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
- נַחֲלָהnachălâhproperly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; g
- יָכֹלyâkôlto be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.