וַאֲמַר פָּרִיקָא כִּי הֵאי גְּוַנָא לֵית אֲנָא יָכִיל לְמִפְרַק לִי עַל דְּאִית לִי אִתְּתָא לֵית לִי רְשׁוּ לְמִסַּב אוֹחַרָנִיתָא עֲלָהָא דִּלְמָא תְהֵי לְמַצּוּ בְּבֵיתִי וְאֵיהֵי מְחַבֵּיל יָת אַחְסָנְתִי פְּרוֹק לָךְ אַתְּ אֲרוּם לֵית לָךְ אִתְּתָא אֲרוּם לֵית אֲנָא יָכִיל לְמִפְרַק.
1. I destroy | אַשְׁחִית – The choice of verb might be meant to recall the story of Yehuda and Tamar, where we are told that Onan was unwilling to perform his full conjugal duties to his brother's widow, and thus: "וְשִׁחֵת אַרְצָה לְבִלְתִּי נְתׇן זֶרַע לְאָחִיו" (Bereshit 38:9). A parallel is thus drawn between the potential redeemer here, who refuses to wed Rut and to "establish the name of the dead", with Onan's similar refusal "to give seed to his brother".
2. my inheritance | נַחֲלָתִי – Several commentators understand "inheritance" literally, to refer to the redeemer's own property. Thus, Ralbag presents the redeemer as saying that if he buys the property he will not have enough money to maintain his own. This, however, is difficult considering his initial readiness to buy the land, leading R"Y Kara to suggest that this was simply an excuse not to marry Rut, a Moabite. Ibn Kaspi and Hoil Moshe posit instead that the reluctance stemmed from the fact that the redeemer already had children, and bearing more would mean that they would get a smaller, insufficient inheritance. Rid, in contrast, suggests that the "inheritance" refers to the redeemer's family; inviting another wife into his home would cause rivalry.
3. take my redemption rights for yourself | גְּאַל לְךָ אַתָּה אֶת גְּאֻלָּתִי – Literally: "redeem for yourself, you, my (right of) redemption".