Deuteronomy 25:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”

Young's Literal Translation
‘And if the man doth not delight to take his brother’s wife, then hath his brother’s wife gone up to the gate, unto the elders, and said, My husband’s brother is refusing to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he hath not been willing to perform the duty of my husband’s brother;

King James Bible
And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.

Hebrew
But if
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

the man
הָאִ֔ישׁ (hā·’îš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

does not
לֹ֤א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

want
יַחְפֹּץ֙ (yaḥ·pōṣ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2654: To incline to, to bend, to be pleased with, desire

to marry
לָקַ֖חַת (lā·qa·ḥaṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3947: To take

his brother’s widow,
יְבִמְתּ֑וֹ (yə·ḇim·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2994: A sister-in-law

she
יְבִמְתּ֨וֹ (yə·ḇim·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2994: A sister-in-law

is to go
וְעָלְתָה֩ (wə·‘ā·lə·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the elders
הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים (haz·zə·qê·nîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2205: Old

at the city gate
הַשַּׁ֜עְרָה (haš·ša‘·rāh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate

and say,
וְאָֽמְרָה֙ (wə·’ā·mə·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“My husband’s brother
יְבָמִ֜י (yə·ḇā·mî)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2993: Husband's brother

refuses
מֵאֵ֨ין (mê·’ên)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3985: To refuse

to preserve
לְהָקִ֨ים (lə·hā·qîm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

his brother’s
לְאָחִ֥יו (lə·’ā·ḥîw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 251: A brother, )

name
שֵׁם֙ (šêm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

in Israel.
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (bə·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

He is not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

willing
אָבָ֖ה (’ā·ḇāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 14: To breathe after, to be acquiescent

to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”
יַבְּמִֽי׃ (yab·bə·mî)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2992: To perform the duty of a husband's brother

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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