Deuteronomy 25:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.”
Deuteronomy 25:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 25:524 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
יֵשְׁבוּyēšəvûSit
אַחִיםʾaḥîmBrother
יַחְדָּוyaḥədāwUnit
וּמֵתûmētAnd die
אַחַדʾaḥadUnited
מֵהֶםmēhemFrom
וּבֵןûvēnAnd son
אֵיןʾênNonentity
לוֹlwōTo
לֹאlōʾNot
תִהְיֶהtihəyehExist
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
הַמֵּתhamētThe die
הַחוּצָהhaḥûṣāhThe separate by a wall
לְאִישׁləʾîšTo man
זָרzārTurn aside
יְבָמָהּyəvāmāhBrother-in-law
יָבֹאyāvōʾGo
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
וּלְקָחָהּûləqāḥāhAnd take
לוֹlwōTo
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman
וְיִבְּמָהּwəyibəmāhAnd marry
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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