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Deuteronomy 24:1 — King James Version← Study notes

When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.


Deuteronomy 24:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 24:124 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
ifconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יִקַּ֥חyiqaḥ
he will takeverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
אִ֛ישׁʾiyš
a mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אִשָּׁ֖הʾišāh
a womannounH802
each · every · female · many ···
וּ/בְעָלָ֑/הּwbəʿālāh
and he will marry herconjH1166
be husband · marry(-ried · wife)
וְ/הָיָ֞הwəhāyāh
and it will beconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
לֹ֧אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תִמְצָאtiməṣāʾ
she will findverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
חֵ֣ןḥēn
favornounH2580
grace · pleasant · precious · favoured
בְּ/עֵינָ֗י/וbəʿēynāyw
in view hispronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מָ֤צָאmāṣāʾ
he has foundverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
בָ/הּ֙bāh
pron
עֶרְוַ֣תʿerəwat
the nakedness ofnounH6172
shame · unclean
דָּבָ֔רdābār
a thingnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
וְ/כָ֨תַבwəkātab
and he will writeconjH3789
record · prescribe · subscribe · write(-ing ···
לָ֜/הּlāh
pron
סֵ֤פֶרsēper
a document ofnounH5612
book · evidence · learn · letter ···
כְּרִיתֻת֙kəriytut
divorcenounH3748
וְ/נָתַ֣ןwənātan
and he will give itconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
בְּ/יָדָ֔/הּbəyādāh
in hand herpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וְ/שִׁלְּחָ֖/הּwəšiləḥāh
and he will send away herconjH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
מִ/בֵּיתֽ/וֹmibēytwō
from house hispronH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Divorce and the Limits of Permission
If a man takes a wife and then finds no favor in her because he has found some indecency in her, he may write a certificate of divorce. The law permits it. But Moses is clearly limiting the practice. ...
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