Deuteronomy 24:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.”

Deuteronomy 24:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 24:523 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יִקַּחyiqaḥTake

אִישׁʾîšMan

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman

חֲדָשָׁהḥădāšāhNew

לֹאlōʾNot

יֵצֵאyēṣēʾGo

בַּצָּבָאbaṣāvāʾIn mass

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יַעֲבֹרyaʿăvōrCross

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

לְכָלləḵālTo whole

דָּבָרdāvārWord

נָקִיnāqîInnocent

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

לְבֵיתוֹləvêtwōTo a house

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

אֶחָתʾeḥātUnited

וְשִׂמַּחwəśimaḥAnd brighten

אֶתʾet—

אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לָקָחlāqāḥTake

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

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