TT #748 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 25:09
Then his yevamah shall approach him in the presence of the elders, and draw his shoe off his foot, and spit in his face, and respond and say: “Thus shall be done to the man who will not build up his brother’s house.”
Torah Temimah points to Sotah 32a / Sifrei.
TT lemma: וְעָנְתָה וְאָמְרָה.
נֶאֱמַר כָּאן וְעָנְתָה וְאָמְרָה וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן וְעָנוּ הַלְוִיִּם וְאָמְרוּ – מַה לְּהַלָּן בִּלְשׁוֹן הַקֹּדֶשׁ אַף כָּאן בִּלְשׁוֹן הַקֹּדֶשׁ.
English: It is said here “and she shall respond and say” and it is said there “and the Levites shall respond and say” — just as there it is in the holy tongue, so here it is in the holy tongue.
On the daf / in context: Gezerah shavah with the Levites’ declaration.
Gezerah shavah requiring Lashon HaKodesh.
The yevamah’s declaration must be made in Hebrew.