Deuteronomy 25:7
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 25:7 in the real world
In what words
- יָבָםyâbâma brotherin-law
- יְבֵמֶתYᵉbêmetha sister-in-law
- מָאֵןmâʼênto refuse
- אָבָהʼâbâhto breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
- חָפֵץchâphêtsproperly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to b
- זָקֵןzâqênold
- שַׁעַרshaʻaran opening, i.e. door or gate
- אָחʼâcha brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or r
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.