'Near' in the Bible

Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed of the Lord who has not ceased His kindness to the living and to the dead.” Again Naomi said to her, “The man is one of our closest relatives, one who has the right to redeem us.”

It is true that I am your close relative and redeemer; however, there is a relative closer [to you] than I.