kil.yon is the personal name of a man identified as Mahlon's brother, whose belongings are later named in a purchase declaration.

The attested forms identify a man named alongside Mahlon: he is named as Naomi and Elimelech's son, reported dead with Mahlon, and included among those whose belongings Boaz says he has bought.

1. Personal name in Ruth's family and property account · dominant

   In Ruth 1:2, the form is tagged Noun · Proper in the naming of Elimelech and Naomi's two sons; the APB renders the names as “Mahlon and Chilion.” In Ruth 1:5, the same proper name occurs in the report that both sons died, and in Ruth 4:9 it is included with Mahlon in Boaz's statement about what belonged to them.

   Ruth 1:2Ruth 1:5Ruth 4:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Chilion” in the family naming and death report, then refers to “everything that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon” in the purchase declaration. These renderings confirm the verse contexts rather than supply a separate lexical definition.