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.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “shall be” (ᾖ,) before that here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “shall die” (ἀποθάνῃ) before that here.
λέγοντεςlegontesSayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “Saying”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.SayingΔιδάσκαλεdidaskaleMasterδιδάσκαλος (didaskalos)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Master”, the calling formG1320a teacher, master.MasterΜωϋσῆςmōusēsMosesΜωϋσῆςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Moses”, the subject formG3475Moses; met: the books of Moses, the Pentateuch.Mosesἔγραψενegrapsenwroteγράφω (graphō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “wrote”, a single actionG1125I write; pass: it is written, it stands written (in the scriptures).wroteἡμῖνhēminIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).unto usἐάνeanIfἐάνconjunction — “If”G1437if.Ifτινοςtinosany man'sτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “any man's”, the of-formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.any man'sἀδελφὸςadelphosbrotherἀδελφόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “brother”, the subject formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.brotherἀποθάνῃapothanēdieἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “die”, a single actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.dieἔχωνechōnhavingἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “having”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.havingγυναῖκαgunaikaa wifeγυνή (gunē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “a wife”, the object formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.This verse uses “wife”.a wifeκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοὗτοςhoutosheοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.heἄτεκνοςateknoswithout childrenἄτεκνοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “without children”, the subject formG815childless.without childrenᾖēto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatλάβῃlabēshould takeλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “should take”, a single actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.This verse uses “take”.should takeὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδελφὸςadelphosbrotherἀδελφόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “brother”, the subject formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.brotherαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γυναῖκαgunaikawomanγυνή (gunē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “woman”, the object formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἐξαναστήσῃexanastēsēto raise upἐξανίστημι (exanistēmi)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to raise up”, a single actionG1817(a) in trans. tenses: I raise up, cause to grow, (b) in intrans. tenses: I rise up from.This verse uses “raise up”.σπέρμαspermaseedσπέρμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “seed”, the object formG4690(a) seed, commonly of cereals, (b) offspring, descendents.This verse uses “seed”.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδελφῷadelphōbrotherἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “brother”, the to- or for-formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
ἀποθάνῃapothanēdieἀποθνήσκω (apothnēskō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “die”, an ongoing or repeated actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
saying, 'Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother may die, having a wife, and he may die childless — that his brother may take the wife, and may raise up seed to his brother.
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American Standard Version (1901)
and they asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, that if a man’s brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Young’s Literal Translation
saying, 'Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother may die, having a wife, and he may die childless — that his brother may take the wife, and may raise up seed to his brother.
World English Bible
They asked him, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up children for his brother.
Darby Translation
demanded of him saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother, who has a wife, die, and he die childless, his brother shall take the wife and raise up seed to his brother.
Douay-Rheims
Saying: Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he leave no children, that his brother should take her to wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
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Deuteronomy 25:5Deuteronomy 25:5 · King James VersionIf 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.Deuteronomy 25:5 · King James VersionOpen the Source
Moses wrote
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.
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