King James Version
Deuteronomy 25:10 in the King James Version says “And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.”
Deuteronomy 25:10 · KJV
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.
And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
When men strive together one with another , and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:
Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall be called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“And his name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“in Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“The house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“loosed”
H2502to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflexive) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
“of him that hath his shoe”
H5275properly, a sandal tongue; by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless)
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