Deuteronomy 21:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:”

Deuteronomy 21:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 21:1518 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

תִהְיֶיןָtihəyeynāExist

לְאִישׁləʾîšTo man

שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo

נָשִׁיםnāšîmWoman

הָאַחַתhāʾaḥatThe united

אֲהוּבָהʾăhûvāhHave affection

וְהָאַחַתwəhāʾaḥatAnd the united

שְׂנוּאָהśənûʾāhHate

וְיָלְדוּwəyālədûAnd bear young

לוֹlwōTo

בָנִיםvānîmSon

הָאֲהוּבָהhāʾăhûvāhThe have affection

וְהַשְּׂנוּאָהwəhaśənûʾāhAnd the hate

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

הַבֵּןhabēnThe son

הַבְּכוֹרhabəḵwōrThe first-born

לַשְּׂנִיאָהlaśənîʾāhTo hated

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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