The Meaning of Ruth 4:8 Explained

Ruth 4:8

KJV: Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.

YLT: And the redeemer saith to Boaz, 'Buy it for thyself,' and draweth off his sandal.

Darby: And he that had the right of redemption said to Boaz, Buy for thyself; and he drew off his sandal.

ASV: So the near kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thyself. And he drew off his shoe.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Therefore the kinsman  said  unto Boaz,  Buy  [it] for thee. So he drew off  his shoe. 

What does Ruth 4:8 Mean?

Context Summary

Ruth 4:1-22 - In The Line Of David's Ancestry
We are admitted here to a graphic picture of the old world. Men's memories were longer and stronger than ours: and what was done publicly in the Gate, the place of public concourse, had the seal of permanence irrevocably attached to it. The transference of the shoe indicated the inferior position of woman, though she was honored in Israel more than in the neighboring nations.
What a happy ending! The gleaner need never again tread the fields, following the reaper's footsteps. All the broad acres were now hers, since she had become one with the owner. When we are one with Christ, we no longer work for redemption; but being redeemed, we bring forth fruit unto God, Romans 7:4. The curtain falls on a blessed group. The tiny babe lies on Naomi's bosom. The women who had gone together into the valley of the shadow of death stand together in the light of the mountain-top. God turns mourning into gladness, Psalms 30:11. And let us Gentiles learn that we too have a part in Christ. In Him is neither Jew nor Greek, Colossians 3:11 [source]

Chapter Summary: Ruth 4

1  Boaz calls into judgment the next kinsman
6  He refuses the redemption according to the manner in Israel
9  Boaz buys the inheritance
11  He marries Ruth
13  She bears Obed, the grandfather of David
18  The generations of Pharez unto David

What do the individual words in Ruth 4:8 mean?

Therefore said the kinsman-redeemer to Boaz Buy [it] for yourself so he took off his sandal
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר הַגֹּאֵ֛ל לְבֹ֖עַז קְנֵה־ לָ֑ךְ וַיִּשְׁלֹ֖ף נַעֲלֽוֹ

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר  Therefore  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הַגֹּאֵ֛ל  the  kinsman-redeemer 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: גְּאוּלִים 
Sense: to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman.
לְבֹ֖עַז  to  Boaz 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּעַז 
Sense: ancestor of David, kinsman-redeemer to Ruth, daughter-in-law of Naomi.
קְנֵה־  Buy  [it] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: קָנָה 
Sense: to get, acquire, create, buy, possess.
לָ֑ךְ  for  yourself 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
וַיִּשְׁלֹ֖ף  so  he  took  off 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁלַף  
Sense: to draw out or off, take off.
נַעֲלֽוֹ  his  sandal 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נַעַל  
Sense: sandal, shoe.

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