According to Dommershausen (405–7), the catchwords in this section are “gate” (occurring by way of anticipation in a phrase in 3:11), “redeem/redeemer” (gʾl/gōʾēl), and “acquire” (qnh). There are several characteristic touches of the author in the narrative: the name of the gōʾēl is not even given (Mr. So-and-so, 4:1). Tension is achieved by the clever bargaining of Boaz: at first the gōʾēl chooses to exert his right to acquire Naomi’s field, until Boaz plays his trump card: with the field goes Ruth