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Ruth 4:8

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

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וַיֹּ֧אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…הַגֹּאֵ֛לhagoelthe avengerגָּאַלdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the avenger”, a verb used as a describing wordH1350to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)[idiom] in any wise, [idiom] at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.לְבֹ֖עַזlevoazto Boazבֹּעַזpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Boaz”H1162Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the templeBoaz.קְנֵהqenehpurchaseקָנָהverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “purchase”, a commandH7069to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to ownattain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, [idiom] surely, [idiom] verily.לָ֑ךְlakhetoלָ֑ךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to”toוַיִּשְׁלֹ֖ףvayishlofand drawשָׁלַףconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and draw”, the next action in the storyH8025to pull out, up or offdraw (off), grow up, pluck off.נַעֲלֽוֹnaalvodryshodנַעַלnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “dryshod”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5275properly, a sandal tongue; by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless)dryshod, (pair of) shoe((-latchet), -s).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” then he took off his sandal.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

So Booz said to his kinsman: Put off thy shoe. And immediately he took it off from his foot.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the kinsman said to Booz, Buy my right for thyself: and he took off his shoe and gave it to him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἀγχιστεὺς τῷ Βοὸζ, κτῆσαι σεαυτῷ τὴν ἀγχιστείαν μου· καὶ ὑπελύσατο τὸ ὑπόδημα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ.