Leviticus 25:47 uses this term in a legal context: if an Israelite becomes impoverished and sells himself to a sojourner, he may be redeemed by 'an offshoot of the sojourner's family'—literally, a branch or member stemming from the family tree. The word evokes botanical imagery, as an offshoot grows from the root of a plant. It emphasizes kinship connection, even extended or indirect. Spanish translates 'la raíz' (the root), French 'offshoot,' both pointing to the idea of family lineage extending outward. This provision allows even a distant relative of the foreign master to act as kinsman-redeemer.