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Deuteronomy 25:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.


Deuteronomy 25:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 25:613 words
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
הַבְּכוֹרhabəḵwōrThe first-born
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תֵּלֵדtēlēdBear young
יָקוּםyāqûmRise
עַלʿalAbove
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
הַמֵּתhamētThe die
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִמָּחֶהyimāḥehStroke
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵלmîśərāʾēlFrom he will rule as God
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
הַבְּכוֹרhabəḵwōrThe first-born
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תֵּלֵדtēlēdBear young
יָקוּםyāqûmRise
עַלʿalAbove
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
הַמֵּתhamētThe die
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִמָּחֶהyimāḥehStroke
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵלmîśərāʾēlFrom he will rule as God

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