Рут 4:3 Комментарий: Ibn Ezra & Tze'enah Ure'enah

"The parcel of land." It is possible that the field was large, and a portion of it belonged to Elimelech.

“He said to the redeemer, the piece of field” [4:3]. Boaz spoke to the redeemer. The piece of field that belongs to our brother Elimelech, has Naomi, who has returned from the plains of Moab, sold it? I thought that I would uncover your ears to say, buy it before those sitting here and before the elders of our people. If you wish to redeem it, then redeem it. Boaz said to the elders: if he does not want to redeem, let him tell me and I know well that if there is nobody, then it is correct to redeem and I am next in line. He said: I will redeem. Some asked, why did the verse say, “I know that there is nobody else to redeem” [4:4]. This means, I know that there is nobody else to redeem. He meant, that if he does not redeem, let him tell me, “and I will know” and I will marry her and sleep with her. Not as he means, to bring her into the house to be a cook. I will gladly do this but you are the next in line. “And I will know” means to sleep with, as we find, “and Adam knew” [Genesis, 4:25]. This means to sleep with.