thenוְהָיָהon the dayבְּיוֹםthat he gives his sons as an inheritanceהַנְחִילוֹ אֶת בָּנָיוwhatאֵת אֲשֶׁרhe has,יִהְיֶה לוֹhe may notלֹא יוּכַלmake firstbornלְבַכֵּרthe sonאֶת בֶּןof the loved oneהָאֲהוּבָהin placeעַל פְּנֵיof the sonבֶןof the hated one,הַשְּׂנוּאָהthe firstborn.הַבְּכֹר
Deuteronomy 21:16
Study it in the app“then on the day that he gives his sons as an inheritance what he has, he may not make firstborn the son of the loved one in place of the son of the hated one, the firstborn.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 21:16, word by word
- thenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- on the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- that he gives his sons as an inheritanceהַנְחִילhanchil
inherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “hanchil” appears- that he gives his sons as an inheritanceבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears- he may notיוּכַלyuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchal” appears- make firstbornבַכֵּרvaker
be firstborn
Give birth for the first time; treat as the eldest son.
Where else “vaker” appears- of the loved oneאֲהוּבָהahuva
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahuva” appears- in placeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- of the hated oneשְּׂנוּאָהsenua
love less
To love one less than another, even without hating him outright.
Where else “senua” appears- the firstbornבְּכֹרbechor
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appears
The context
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,
16 · This verse (above)
17But the firstborn, the son of the hated one, he shall acknowledge by giving him a double portion of all that is found to be his, for he is the firstfruits of his vigor; to him belongs the right of the firstborn.