then his sister-in-lawוְ יְבִמְתּוֹshall come nearנִגְּשָׁהto himאֵלָיוin the sightלְעֵינֵיof the eldersהַזְּקֵנִיםand pullוְחָלְצָהhis sandalנַעֲלוֹoffמֵעַלhis footרַגְלוֹand spitוְיָרְקָהin his face;בְּפָנָיוand she shall answerוְעָנְתָהand say,וְאָמְרָה“Soכָּכָהshall it be doneיֵעָשֶׂהto the manלָאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרdoes notלֹאbuild upיִבְנֶהhis brother’sאָחִיוhouse.”בֵּית
Deuteronomy 25:9
Study it in the app“then 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 25:9, word by word
- then his sister-in-lawיְבִמְתּyevimt
sister-in-law
Sister-in-law: the wife of a brother.
Where else “yevimt” appears- shall come nearנִגְּשָׁהnigsha
come near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “nigsha” appears- in the sightעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of the eldersזְּקֵנִיםzekenim
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekenim” appears- and pullחָלְצָהchaltsa
pull off
To take something off, like a sandal.
Where else “chaltsa” appears- his sandalנַעֲלnaal
sandal
Sandal.
Where else “naal” appears- his footרַגְלragl
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragl” appears- and spitיָרְקָהyarka
spit
Spit.
Where else “yarka” appears- in his faceפָנָיfanay
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fanay” appears- and she shall answerעָנְתָהanta
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “anta” appears- and sayאָמְרָהamra
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amra” appears- shall it be doneיֵעָשֶׂהyease
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yease” appears- to the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- build upיִבְנֶהyivne
have children
To build a family, give someone offspring.
Where else “yivne” appears- his brother’sאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears
The context
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,”
9 · This verse (above)
10And his name shall be called in Israel, “The house of him whose sandal was pulled off.”