New American Standard Bible 1995

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Deuteronomy

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"When brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a strange man. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her to himself as wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
"When that, for, when Conjunction H3588 כִּֽי־ ki-
brothers a brother Noun H251 אַחִ֜ים a·chim
live to sit, remain, dwell Verb H3427 יֵשְׁב֨וּ ye·she·vu
together together H3164    
and one one Adjective H259 אַחַ֤ד a·chad
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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of them dies to die Verb H4191 וּמֵ֨ת u·met
and has no nothing, nought Particle H369 אֵֽין־ ein-
son, son Noun H1121 וּבֵ֣ן u·ven
the wife woman, wife, female Noun H802 אֵֽשֶׁת־ e·shet-
of the deceased to die Verb H4191 הַמֵּ֛ת ham·met
shall not be [married] outside the outside, a street Noun H2351 הַח֖וּצָה ha·chu·tzah
[the family] to a strange to be a stranger Verb H2114 זָ֑ר zar;
man. man Noun H376 לְאִ֣ישׁ le·'ish
Her husband's brother husband's brother Noun H2993 יְבָמָהּ֙ ye·va·mah
shall go to come in, come, go in, go Verb H935 יָבֹ֣א ya·vo
in to her and take to take Verb H3947 וּלְקָחָ֥הּ u·le·ka·chah
her to himself as wife woman, wife, female Noun H802 לְאִשָּׁ֖ה le·'i·shah
and perform the duty of a husband's brother to perform the duty of a husband's brother Verb H2992 וְיִבְּמָֽהּ׃ ve·yib·be·mah.
to her.      

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "When brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a strange man. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her to himself as wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
King James Bible "When brothers live together If brethren dwell together, and one of them dies die, and has have no son, child, the wife of the deceased dead shall not be married outside the family to marry without unto a strange man. Her stranger: her husband's brother shall go in to her unto her, and take her to himself as wife him to wife, and perform the duty of a an husband's brother to unto her.
Hebrew Greek English "When brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a strange man. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her to himself as wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.