And ifוְהָיָה אִםyou are notלֹאpleasedחָפַצְתָּwith her,בָּהּyou shall let her goוְשִׁלַּחְתָּהּwherever she wishes;לְנַפְשָׁהּbut you shall certainly notוּמָכֹר לֹאsell herתִמְכְּרֶנָּהfor silver;בַּכָּסֶףyou shall notלֹאtreat her as a slave,תִתְעַמֵּר בָּהּbecauseתַּחַת אֲשֶׁרyou have humiliated her.עִנִּיתָהּ
Deuteronomy 21:14
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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,