- *kî*
- conjunction - when/if
- *yēšbû*
- qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they dwell
- *ʾaḥîm*
- noun masculine plural - brothers
- *yaḥdāw*
- adverb - together
- *û-mēt*
- conjunction + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and dies
- *ʾaḥad*
- numeral - one
- *mē-hem*
- preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - from them
- *û-bēn*
- conjunction + noun masculine singular - and son
- *ʾên-lô*
- particle of negation + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - there is not to him
- *lōʾ*
- negative particle - not
- *tihyeh*
- qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - she shall be
- *ʾēšet*
- noun feminine singular construct - wife of
- *ha-mēt*
- definite article + qal participle masculine singular - the dead one
- *ha-ḥûṣāh*
- definite article + noun feminine singular - the outside/abroad
- *lə-ʾîš*
- preposition + noun masculine singular - to a man
- *zār*
- adjective masculine singular - strange/foreign
- *yəbāmāh*
- noun masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her brother-in-law
- *yābōʾ*
- qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he shall go
- *ʿālêhā*
- preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - upon her
- *û-ləqāḥāh*
- conjunction + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - and take her
- *lô*
- preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
- *lə-ʾiššāh*
- preposition + noun feminine singular - as a wife
- *wə-yibbəmāh*
- conjunction + piel perfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - and perform levirate duty to her