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Then the eldersוְ זִקְנֵיof his cityעִירוֹshall callקָרְאוּhimלוֹand speakוְדִבְּרוּto him.אֵלָיוAnd if he standsוְעָמַדand says,וְאָמַר“I do notלֹאwantחָפַצְתִּיto take her,”לְקַחְתָּהּ
Deuteronomy 25:8
Study it in the app“Then 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,””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 25:8, word by word
- Then the eldersזִקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears- of his cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- shall callקָרְאוּkaru
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “karu” appears- and speakדִבְּרוּdibru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibru” appears- And if he standsעָמַדamad
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amad” appears- and saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- wantחָפַצְתִּיchafatsti
desire
To wish for something, be willing.
Where else “chafatsti” appears- to take herקַחְתָּkachta
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “kachta” appears
The context
7But 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.”
8 · This verse (above)
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.”