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And he shall take a wife in her virginity. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

וְה֕וּאve.Hu'and he

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Leviticus 21:13 word 1

אִשָּׁ֥ה'i.Shaha woman

Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: woman: wife

Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Leviticus 21:13 word 2

בִבְתוּלֶ֖יהָviv.tu.Lei.hain virginiti<es> her

Lemma: בְּתוּלִים (be.tu.lim) · Strong's: H1331

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: virginity

Used 10 times. Also: Deuteronomy 22:14, Deuteronomy 22:15, Deuteronomy 22:17, Deuteronomy 22:20, Judges 11:37, Judges 11:38 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1331; TAHOT Leviticus 21:13 word 3

יִקָּֽח\׃yi.Kachhe 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 Leviticus 21:13 word 4

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

The woman	→	אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife
he	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
marries	→	לָקַח H3947I to take: marry
must be a virgin	→	בְּתוּלִים H1331 virginity

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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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