Deuteronomy 25:5
Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
יֶלֶד
yeled
something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
יָבַם
yâbam
to marry a (deceased) brother's widow
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
גֵּר
gêr
properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →Cross References
Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
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