her firstהּ הָרִאשׁוֹןhusband,בַּעְלָwhoאֲשֶׁרsent her away,שִׁלְּחָהּcannotלֹא יוּכַלtake herלְקַחְתָּהּagainלָשׁוּבto beלִהְיוֹתhisלוֹwifeלְאִשָּׁהafterאַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁרshe has been made unclean,הֻטַּמָּאָהforכִּיthatהִואisan abominationתוֹעֵבָהbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH.יְהוָהAnd you shall notוְלֹאcause the landהָאָרֶץto sin,תַחֲטִיאthe landthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָis givingנֹתֵןyouלְךָas an inheritance.נַחֲלָה
Deuteronomy 24:4
Study it in the app“her first husband, who sent her away, cannot take her again to be his wife after she has been made unclean, for that is an abomination before YHWH. And you shall not cause the land to sin, the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 24:4, word by word
- her firstרִאשׁוֹןrishon
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishon” appears- husbandבַּעְלָbala
husband
The man joined to a woman in marriage.
Where else “bala” appears- sent her awayשִׁלְּחָshilach
send away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “shilach” appears- cannotיוּכַלyuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchal” appears- take herקַחְתָּkachta
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “kachta” appears- againשׁוּבshuv
again
To do something one more time.
Where else “shuv” appears- to beהְיוֹתheot
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appears- wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears- she has been made uncleanהֻטַּמָּאָהhutamaa
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “hutamaa” appears- an abominationתוֹעֵבָהtoeva
abomination
Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.
Where else “toeva” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- cause the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- to sinתַחֲטִיאtachati
cause to sin
To lead others into doing wrong.
Where else “tachati” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- is givingנֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears- as an inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appears
The context
3and the latter man hates her and writes for her a document of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her away from his house, or if the latter man who took her to himself as a wife dies,
4 · This verse (above)
5When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out with the army, and nothing at all shall be laid on him. He shall be free for his house one year and shall make his wife whom he has taken glad.