Ruth 3:12
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.”
גָּאַל
To redeem, to act as kinsman. Gaal. The kinsman-redeemer who steps in to rescue. Jesus is our goel. He paid the price we could not pay.
קָרוֹב
near
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קָרוֹב
Near, close. Qarowb. The LORD is near to the broken-hearted. He is closer than you think especially when pain makes Him seem far away.
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יֵשׁ
there
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יֵשׁ
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
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מִן
more than/ I
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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