Leviticus 21:14 — King James Version← Study notes

“A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.”

Leviticus 21:14 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 21:1414 words

אַלְמָנָהʾaləmānāhWidow

וּגְרוּשָׁהûgərûšāhAnd drive out

וַחֲלָלָהwaḥălālāhAnd pierced

זֹנָהzōnāhCommit adultery

אֶתʾet—

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

לֹאlōʾNot

יִקָּחyiqāḥTake

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אִםʾimLo!

בְּתוּלָהbətûlāhVirgin

מֵעַמָּיוmēʿamāywFrom people

יִקַּחyiqaḥTake

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman

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

Word-by-word meanings

אַלְמָנָהʾaləmānāhWidow

וּגְרוּשָׁהûgərûšāhAnd drive out

וַחֲלָלָהwaḥălālāhAnd pierced

זֹנָהzōnāhCommit adultery

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

לֹאlōʾNot

יִקָּחyiqāḥTake

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אִםʾimLo!

בְּתוּלָהbətûlāhVirgin

מֵעַמָּיוmēʿamāywFrom people

יִקַּחyiqaḥTake

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman

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