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.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “child” (τέκνον) before that here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of him” (αὐτοῦ.) after brother here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
ΔιδάσκαλεdidaskaleMasterδιδάσκαλος (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 usὅτιhotiIfὅτιconjunction — “If”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.Ifἐάνeanifἐάνconjunction — “if”G1437if.τινοςtinosa man'sτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “a man's”, the of-formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.a 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.dieκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andκαταλίπῃkatalipēleaveκαταλείπω (kataleipō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “leave”, a single actionG2641I leave behind, desert, abandon, forsake; I leave remaining, reserve.leaveγυναῖκαgunaikahis wifeγυνή (gunē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “his wife”, the object formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.This verse uses “wife”.his wifeκαὶkaibehind him, andκαίconjunction — “behind him, and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.behind him, andμὴmēnoμήadverb — “no”G3361not, lest.noἀφῇaphēto releaseἀφίημι (aphiēmi)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to release”, a single actionG863(a) I send away, (b) I let go, release, permit to depart, (c) I remit, forgive, (d) I permit, suffer.This verse uses “release”.τέκνονteknonchildrenτέκνονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “children”, the object formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.childrenἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “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.
'Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if any one's brother may die, and may leave a wife, and may leave no children, that his brother may take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.
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American Standard Version (1901)
Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Young’s Literal Translation
'Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if any one's brother may die, and may leave a wife, and may leave no children, that his brother may take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.
World English Bible
“Teacher, Moses wrote to us, ‘If a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’
Darby Translation
Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if any one's brother die, and leave a wife behind, and leave no children, that his brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.
Douay-Rheims
Master, Moses wrote unto us, that if any man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to 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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