Deuteronomy 25:10

“And his name shall be called in Israel, “The house of him whose sandal was pulled off.””

Deuteronomy 25:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 25:10, word by word

And his nameשְׁמshem

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

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shall be calledנִקְרָאnikra

name

To give someone a name.

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in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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“The houseבֵּיתbet

household

The family, everyone living under one roof.

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of him whose sandal was pulled offחֲלוּץchaluts

pull off

To take something off, like a sandal.

Where else “chaluts” appears
of him whose sandal was pulled offנָּעַלnaal

sandal

Sandal.

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The context

9then his sister-in-law shall come near to him in the sight of the elders and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, “So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.”

10 · This verse (above)

11When men fight together, a man and his brother, and the wife of the one comes near to rescue her husband from the hand of the one striking him, and she puts out her hand and seizes him by his private parts,

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