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# kinsman

«kinsman» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A male relative, a man of your own family** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (plural kinsmen)

### meaning for a pupil

A male relative, a man of your own family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kinsman/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The nearest kinsman had duties to buy back family land that was sold from poverty, and he is called the redeemer. Interpretation: This law keeps land within the family and shows that relatives are responsible for helping each other in hard times. In the primary lessons: in old tales, a lord's cousin or nephew who is his helper or heir

### examples

- And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it. (Torah NUM.27.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kinsman/#x1)
- If thy brother be waxen poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold. (Torah LEV.25.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kinsman/#x2)
- And now is there not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast? (Writings RUT.3.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kinsman/#x3)
- So the near kinsman said unto Boaz: 'Buy it for thyself.' And he drew off his shoe. (Writings RUT.4.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kinsman/#x4)
- And now it is true that I am a near kinsman; howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I. (Writings RUT.3.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kinsman/#x5)
- The king trusted his kinsman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kinsman/#x6)
- My kinsman will bring the horses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kinsman/#x7)
- Find Eidoel, the son of Aer, his kinsman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kinsman/#x8)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [My friends and my companions stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.625/)
- [And now is there not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/RUT.51/)
- [And now it is true that I am a near kinsman; howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/RUT.62/)
- [So the near kinsman said unto Boaz: 'Buy it for thyself.' And he drew off his shoe.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/RUT.78/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «kinsman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kinsman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.