Deuteronomy 25:5
If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.This verse in the real world
In what words
- יָבָםyâbâma brotherin-law
- זוּרzûwrto turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specific
- יַחַדyachadproperly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
- חוּץchûwtsproperly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
- אָחʼâcha brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or r
- מוּתmûwthto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâha woman
- אֶחָדʼechâdproperly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mat 22:24, Luk 20:28, Mrk 12:19, Gen 38:8–9, Rut 1:12–13, Rut 3:9, Rut 4:5