6 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.25.6",
"source": "וְהָיָ֗ה הַבְּכוֹר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּלֵ֔ד יָק֕וּם עַל־שֵׁ֥ם אָחִ֖יו הַמֵּ֑ת וְלֹֽא־יִמָּחֶ֥ה שְׁמ֖וֹ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃",
"text": "*wə-hāyāh* the-*bəkôr* that *tēlēd* *yāqûm* on-*šēm* *ʾāḥîw* the-*mēt* *wə-lōʾ*-*yimmāḥeh* *šəmô* from-*yiśrāʾēl*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-hāyāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and it shall be",
"*ha-bəkôr*": "definite article + noun masculine singular - the firstborn",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - that/who",
"*tēlēd*": "qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - she bears",
"*yāqûm*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he shall arise/stand",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - on/upon",
"*šēm*": "noun masculine singular construct - name of",
"*ʾāḥîw*": "noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his brother",
"*ha-mēt*": "definite article + qal participle masculine singular - the dead",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*yimmāḥeh*": "niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he shall be blotted out",
"*šəmô*": "noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name",
"*mi-yiśrāʾēl*": "preposition + proper noun - from Israel"
},
"variants": {
"*bəkôr*": "firstborn/first son",
"*yāqûm ʿal-šēm*": "stand in the name of/succeed to the name of/carry on the name of",
"*yimmāḥeh*": "be blotted out/be erased/be wiped out"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.25.7",
"source": "וְאִם־לֹ֤א יַחְפֹּץ֙ הָאִ֔ישׁ לָקַ֖חַת אֶת־יְבִמְתּ֑וֹ וְעָלְתָה֩ יְבִמְתּ֨וֹ הַשַּׁ֜עְרָה אֶל־הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים וְאָֽמְרָה֙ מֵאֵ֨ין יְבָמִ֜י לְהָקִ֨ים לְאָחִ֥יו שֵׁם֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה יַבְּמִֽי׃",
"text": "*wə-ʾim*-not *yaḥpōṣ* the-*ʾîš* *lāqaḥat* *ʾet*-*yəbimtô* *wə-ʿālətāh* *yəbimtô* the-*šaʿrāh* to-the-*zəqēnîm* *wə-ʾāmrāh* refuses *yəbāmî* to-establish for-*ʾāḥîw* *šēm* in-*yiśrāʾēl* not *ʾābāh* *yabbəmî*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-ʾim*": "conjunction + conditional particle - and if",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yaḥpōṣ*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he desires",
"*ha-ʾîš*": "definite article + noun masculine singular - the man",
"*lāqaḥat*": "qal infinitive construct - to take",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*yəbimtô*": "noun feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sister-in-law",
"*wə-ʿālətāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - and she shall go up",
"*yəbimtô*": "noun feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sister-in-law",
"*ha-šaʿrāh*": "definite article + noun masculine singular + directional heh - to the gate",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to",
"*ha-zəqēnîm*": "definite article + noun masculine plural - the elders",
"*wə-ʾāmrāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - and she shall say",
"*mēʾēn*": "piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - he refuses",
"*yəbāmî*": "noun masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my brother-in-law",
"*lə-hāqîm*": "preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to raise up",
"*lə-ʾāḥîw*": "preposition + noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - for his brother",
"*šēm*": "noun masculine singular - name",
"*bə-yiśrāʾēl*": "preposition + proper noun - in Israel",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ʾābāh*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he is willing",
"*yabbəmî*": "piel infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - to perform levirate duty to me"
},
"variants": {
"*yaḥpōṣ*": "desire/delight in/be pleased to",
"*šaʿrāh*": "gate/town square/public meeting place",
"*mēʾēn*": "refuses/rejects/declines",
"*ʾābāh*": "consent/be willing/agree"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.25.8",
"source": "וְקָֽרְאוּ־ל֥וֹ זִקְנֵי־עִיר֖וֹ וְדִבְּר֣וּ אֵלָ֑יו וְעָמַ֣ד וְאָמַ֔ר לֹ֥א חָפַ֖צְתִּי לְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃",
"text": "*wə-qārʾû*-to-him *ziqnê*-*ʿîrô* *wə-dibbərû* to-him *wə-ʿāmad* *wə-ʾāmar* not *ḥāpaṣtî* *ləqaḥtāh*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-qārʾû*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd common plural - and they shall call",
"*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*ziqnê*": "noun masculine plural construct - elders of",
"*ʿîrô*": "noun feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his city",
"*wə-dibbərû*": "conjunction + piel perfect 3rd common plural - and they shall speak",
"*ʾēlāw*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*wə-ʿāmad*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and he shall stand",
"*wə-ʾāmar*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and he shall say",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ḥāpaṣtî*": "qal perfect 1st common singular - I desire",
"*ləqaḥtāh*": "qal infinitive construct + 3rd feminine singular suffix - to take her"
},
"variants": {
"*qārʾû*": "call/summon/invite",
"*dibbərû*": "speak/address/talk",
"*ḥāpaṣtî*": "I desire/I delight in/I am pleased"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.25.9",
"source": "וְנִגְּשָׁ֨ה יְבִמְתּ֣וֹ אֵלָיו֮ לְעֵינֵ֣י הַזְּקֵנִים֒ וְחָלְצָ֤ה נַעֲלוֹ֙ מֵעַ֣ל רַגְל֔וֹ וְיָרְקָ֖ה בְּפָנָ֑יו וְעָֽנְתָה֙ וְאָ֣מְרָ֔ה כָּ֚כָה יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה לָאִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יִבְנֶ֖ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית אָחִֽיו",
"text": "*wə-niggəšāh* *yəbimtô* to-him before-*ʿênê* the-*zəqēnîm* *wə-ḥāləṣāh* *naʿălô* from-*ʿal* *raglô* *wə-yārəqāh* in-*pānāw* *wə-ʿānətāh* *wə-ʾāmrāh* thus *yēʿāśeh* to-the-*ʾîš* that not-*yibneh* *ʾet*-*bêt* *ʾāḥîw*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-niggəšāh*": "conjunction + niphal perfect 3rd feminine singular - and she shall approach",
"*yəbimtô*": "noun feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sister-in-law",
"*ʾēlāw*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*lə-ʿênê*": "preposition + noun dual construct - before the eyes of",
"*ha-zəqēnîm*": "definite article + noun masculine plural - the elders",
"*wə-ḥāləṣāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - and she shall remove",
"*naʿălô*": "noun feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sandal",
"*mē-ʿal*": "preposition + preposition - from upon",
"*raglô*": "noun feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his foot",
"*wə-yārəqāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - and she shall spit",
"*bə-pānāw*": "preposition + noun masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his face",
"*wə-ʿānətāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - and she shall answer",
"*wə-ʾāmrāh*": "conjunction + qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - and she shall say",
"*kākāh*": "adverb - thus",
"*yēʿāśeh*": "niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - it shall be done",
"*lā-ʾîš*": "preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - to the man",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - who",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yibneh*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will build",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*bêt*": "noun masculine singular construct - house of",
"*ʾāḥîw*": "noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his brother"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥāləṣāh naʿălô*": "pull off his sandal/remove his shoe",
"*yārəqāh bə-pānāw*": "spit in his face/spit before him",
"*yibneh bêt*": "build house/establish family/raise offspring"
}
}