Study it in the app“But if the man does not want to take his sister-in-law, then his sister-in-law shall go up to the gate, to the elders, and say, “My brother-in-law refuses to raise up a name for his brother in Israel; he is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law to me.””
But ifוְאִםthe manהָאִישׁdoes notלֹאwantיַחְפֹּץto takeלָקַחַתhis sister-in-law,יְבִמְתּוֹthen his sister-in-lawוְ יְבִמְתּוֹshall go upעָלְתָהto the gate,הַשַּׁעְרָהtoאֶלthe elders,הַזְּקֵנִיםand say,וְאָמְרָה“My brother-in-lawיְבָמִיrefusesמֵאֵיןto raise upלְהָקִיםa nameשֵׁםfor his brotherלְאָחִיוin Israel;בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלhe is notלֹאwillingאָבָהto perform the duty of a brother-in-law to me.”יַבְּמִי
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsdesire
To wish for something, be willing.
Where else “yachpots” appearstake a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “kachat” appearssister-in-law
Sister-in-law: the wife of a brother.
Where else “yevimt” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alta” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shara” appearselder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekenim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amra” appearsbrother-in-law
Brother-in-law: the brother of the husband.
Where else “yevami” appearsrefuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “meen” appearsestablish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “hakim” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearsIsrael
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.
Where else “yisrael” appearsbe willing, consent
Be willing, consent, agree to something; with "not", refuse.
Where else “ava” appearsperform levirate duty
Do the duty of a brother-in-law: marry the widow of a brother who died childless, to give him offspring.
Where else “yabmi” appears6And the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, so that his name is not blotted out from Israel.
7 · This verse (above)
8Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him. And if he stands and says, “I do not want to take her,”
