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If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. (KJV)
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אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Exodus 21:10 word 1
אַחֶ֖רֶת'a.Che.retanother [woman]
Lemma: אַחֵר (a.cher) · Strong's: H0312
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HAafsc)
Meaning: another
Used 166 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 26:21, Genesis 26:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0312; TAHOT Exodus 21:10 word 2
יִֽקַּֽח\־yi.kach-he will take
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to take: marry
Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 4:19, Genesis 6:2, Genesis 11:29, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947I; TAHOT Exodus 21:10 word 3
שְׁאֵרָ֛הּshe.'e.Rahfood her
Lemma: שְׁאֵר (she.er) · Strong's: H7607
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: flesh
Used 16 times. Also: Leviticus 18:6, Leviticus 18:12, Leviticus 18:13, Leviticus 20:19, Leviticus 21:2, Leviticus 25:49 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7607; TAHOT Exodus 21:10 word 4
כְּסוּתָ֥הּke.su.Tahcovering her
Lemma: כְּסוּת (ke.sut) · Strong's: H3682
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: covering
Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 20:16, Deuteronomy 22:12, Job 24:7, Job 26:6, Job 31:19, Isaiah 50:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3682; TAHOT Exodus 21:10 word 5
וְעֹנָתָ֖הּve.'o.na.Tahand right to intercourse her
Lemma: עֹנָה (o.nah) · Strong's: H5772
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: cohabitation
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5772; TAHOT Exodus 21:10 word 6
לֹ֥אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Exodus 21:10 word 7
יִגְרָֽע\׃yig.Ra'he will reduce
Lemma: גָּרַע (ga.ra) · Strong's: H1639
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to dimish
Used 22 times. Also: Exodus 5:8, Exodus 5:11, Exodus 5:19, Leviticus 27:18, Numbers 9:7, Numbers 27:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1639; TAHOT Exodus 21:10 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| If | → | אִם H0518A if |
| he takes | → | לָקַח H3947I to take: marry |
| another wife | → | אַחֵר H0312 another |
| he must not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| reduce | → | גָּרַע H1639 to dimish |
| the food | → | שְׁאֵר H7607 flesh |
| clothing | → | כְּסוּת H3682 covering |
| or marital rights [of his first wife] | → | עֹנָה H5772 cohabitation |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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