Deuteronomy 25:7
{ "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" } }