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Deuteronomy 20:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.


Deuteronomy 20:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 20:716 words
וּמִיûmîAnd who?
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אֵרַשׂʾēraśEngage for matrimony
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
לְקָחָהּləqāḥāhTake
יֵלֵךְyēlēḵəWalk
וְיָשֹׁבwəyāšōvAnd turn
לְבֵיתוֹləvêtwōTo a house
פֶּןpenRemoval
יָמוּתyāmûtDie
בַּמִּלְחָמָהbamiləḥāmāhIn battle
וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man
אַחֵרʾaḥērHinder
יִקָּחֶנָּהyiqāḥenāhTake
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּמִיûmîAnd who?
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אֵרַשׂʾēraśEngage for matrimony
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
לְקָחָהּləqāḥāhTake
יֵלֵךְyēlēḵəWalk
וְיָשֹׁבwəyāšōvAnd turn
לְבֵיתוֹləvêtwōTo a house
פֶּןpenRemoval
יָמוּתyāmûtDie
בַּמִּלְחָמָהbamiləḥāmāhIn battle
וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man
אַחֵרʾaḥērHinder
יִקָּחֶנָּהyiqāḥenāhTake

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