Whenכִּיa manאִישׁtakesיִקַּחa newחֲדָשָׁהwife,אִשָּׁהhe shall notלֹאgo outיֵצֵאwith the army,בַּצָּבָאandוְnothingלֹא כָל דָּבָרat allלְshall be laidיַעֲבֹרon him.עָלָיוHe shall beיִהְיֶהfreeנָקִיfor his houseלְבֵיתוֹoneאֶחָתyearשָׁנָהand shall makeוְhis wifeאִשְׁתּוֹwhomאֲשֶׁרhe has takenלָקָחglad.שִׂמַּח
Deuteronomy 24:5
Study it in the app“When 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 24:5, word by word
- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- takesיִקַּחyikach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “yikach” appears- a newחֲדָשָׁהchadasha
new
New.
Where else “chadasha” appears- wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears- go outיֵצֵאyetse
set out
To set out somewhere, or go out to war.
Where else “yetse” appears- with the armyצָּבָאtsava
army
An army.
Where else “tsava” appears- nothingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- shall be laidיַעֲבֹרyaavor
pass over
To pass, be gone; "pass over" a wrong is to forgive it.
Where else “yaavor” appears- He shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- freeנָקִיnaki
exempt
To be exempt from a task or a duty.
Where else “naki” appears- for his houseבֵיתvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- oneאֶחָתechat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echat” appears- yearשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- gladשִׂמַּחsimach
gladden
To make someone feel glad and cheered.
Where else “simach” appears
The context
4her 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6No one shall take in pledge a handmill or an upper millstone, for he would be taking in pledge a life.