H4130 H4130
kinship, family connection; our relative
A noun meaning 'kindred' or 'kinship,' appearing with first plural suffix in Ruth 3:2: 'Is not Boaz our relative?' The question establishes legal ground for Ruth's claim on Boaz as kinsman-redeemer. The term emphasizes family connection, the blood tie that creates obligation. In Ruth's story, kinship isn't just genealogy; it's the social structure that rescues the vulnerable widow.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Ruth 3:2 has Naomi asking rhetorically, 'Isn't Boaz our relative?'—asserting the kinship claim that drives the plot. The word captures family connection that brings duty: Boaz must act because he's 'our kinsman.' Spanish 'pariente' and French 'parent' preserve the familial sense. This is legal vocabulary embedded in narrative, where kinship creates obligation to redeem land and lineage. 1×
AR["قَرِيبَنَا"]·ben["আমাদের-পরিচিত"]·DE["[מדעתנו]"]·EN["our-relative"]·FR["notre-parent"]·heb["מודעתנו"]·HI["परिचित-हमारा"]·ID["kerabat-kita"]·IT["nostro-relative"]·jav["sanak-kita"]·KO["우리의-친척이다"]·PT["nosso-parente"]·RU["родственник-наш"]·ES["nuestro-pariente"]·SW["ndugu-yetu"]·TR["akrabamız"]·urd["ہمارے-جاننے-والوں-سے"]
Related Senses
H0376 1. man, person, human male (2130×)H0251 1. brother (blood sibling) (573×)H0120 1. man, human being (individual/generic) (527×)H0802 1. woman, female person (519×)H0802 2. wife, spouse (255×)H0517 1. mother, female parent (217×)G0435 1. man, male person (202×)G1135 1. woman, adult female (190×)H2233 1. offspring, descendants (172×)H0001 2. ancestor, forefather (146×)H5288 1. Youth, young man (122×)H0269 1. sister (female sibling) (113×)H1755 1. generation, contemporaries (96×)G5043 1. child, offspring (89×)G0444 2. people, humankind (86×)H3206 1. child, boy, youth (86×)H2145 1. male (human being) (79×)G3384 1. mother (77×)H6485a 1. Qal passive participle: numbered ones, enrollment (76×)H1397 1. man (strong/mighty) (65×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מֹדַ֫עַת] n.f. kindred, kinship—sg. sf. מֹדַעְתָּנוּ Ru 3:2 is not Boaz (of) our kindred?