Deuteronomy 21:14

“And if you are not pleased with her, you shall let her go wherever she wishes; but you shall certainly not sell her for silver; you shall not treat her as a slave, because you have humiliated her.”

Deuteronomy 21:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 21:14, word by word

And ifהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
pleasedחָפַצְתָּchafatsta

delight in

To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.

Where else “chafatsta” appears
you shall let her goשִׁלַּחְתָּshilachta

let go

To set free, release.

Where else “shilachta” appears
wherever she wishesנַפְשָׁnafsha

appetite

Hunger or craving; the throat.

Where else “nafsha” appears
but you shall certainly notמָכֹרmachor

sell

To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.

Where else “machor” appears
for silverכָּסֶףkasef

money

What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.

Where else “kasef” appears
treat her as a slaveתִתְעַמֵּרtitamer

treat as slave

To use a person as property.

Where else “titamer” appears
you have humiliated herעִנִּיתָinita

humble

To humble, or humble oneself; to fast.

Where else “inita” appears

The context

13and she shall remove the garment of her captivity from herself, and she shall stay in your house and weep for her father and her mother a full month; and after that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

14 · This verse (above)

15If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and they have borne him sons, the loved and the hated, and the firstborn son is the hated one's,

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