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Deuteronomy 25:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.


Deuteronomy 25:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 25:722 words
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
לֹאlōʾNot
יַחְפֹּץyaḥəpōṣIncline
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
לָקַחַתlāqaḥatTo take
אֶתʾet
יְבִמְתּוֹyəvimətwōSister-in-law
וְעָלְתָהwəʿālətāhAnd ascend
יְבִמְתּוֹyəvimətwōSister-in-law
הַשַּׁעְרָהhašaʿərāhThe opening
אֶלʾelNear
הַזְּקֵנִיםhazəqēnîmThe old
וְאָמְרָהwəʾāmərāhAnd say
מֵאֵיןmēʾênRefuse
יְבָמִיyəvāmîBrother-in-law
לְהָקִיםləhāqîmTo rise
לְאָחִיוləʾāḥîwTo brother
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלbəyiśərāʾēlIn he will rule as God
לֹאlōʾNot
אָבָהʾāvāhBreathe
יַבְּמִיyabəmîMarry
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
לֹאlōʾNot
יַחְפֹּץyaḥəpōṣIncline
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
לָקַחַתlāqaḥatTo take
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יְבִמְתּוֹyəvimətwōSister-in-law
וְעָלְתָהwəʿālətāhAnd ascend
יְבִמְתּוֹyəvimətwōSister-in-law
הַשַּׁעְרָהhašaʿərāhThe opening
אֶלʾelNear
הַזְּקֵנִיםhazəqēnîmThe old
וְאָמְרָהwəʾāmərāhAnd say
מֵאֵיןmēʾênRefuse
יְבָמִיyəvāmîBrother-in-law
לְהָקִיםləhāqîmTo rise
לְאָחִיוləʾāḥîwTo brother
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלbəyiśərāʾēlIn he will rule as God
לֹאlōʾNot
אָבָהʾāvāhBreathe
יַבְּמִיyabəmîMarry

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