And whoוּמִיis the manהָאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרhas become engaged toאֵרַשׂa womanאִשָּׁהand has notוְלֹאtaken her?לְקָחָהּLet him goיֵלֵךְand returnוְיָשֹׁבto his house,לְבֵיתוֹso that he does notפֶּןdieיָמוּתin the warבַּמִּלְחָמָהand anotherוְ אַחֵרmanאִישׁtake her.”יִקָּחֶנָּה
Deuteronomy 20:7
Study it in the app“And who is the man who has become engaged to a woman and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, so that he does not die in the war and another man take her.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 20:7, word by word
- is the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- has become engaged toאֵרַשׂeras
betroth
Betroth: a firm agreement made before the wedding.
Where else “eras” appears- a womanאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears- taken herלְקָחָlekaach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “lekaach” appears- Let him goיֵלֵךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- and returnיָשֹׁבyashov
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashov” appears- to his houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appears- dieיָמוּתyamut
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamut” appears- in the warמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- and anotherאַחֵרacher
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acher” appears
The context
6And who is the man who has planted a vineyard and has not begun to use it? Let him go and return to his house, so that he does not die in the war and another man begin to use it.
7 · This verse (above)
8And the supervisors shall speak further to the people and say, “Who is the man who is afraid and soft of heart? Let him go and return to his house, so that the heart of his brothers does not melt like his heart.”