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In ancient Hebrew culture, uncovering a man's feet was a symbolic gesture to request marriage or claim kinship rights. Ruth uncovered Boaz's feet to signal her willingness to be his wife and to ask him to fulfill his duty as a kinsman to redeem her and Naomi's land.

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