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 20:7 — Hebrew 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
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