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No one shall take in pledgeלֹא יַחֲבֹלa handmillרֵחַיִםor an upper millstone,וָרָכֶבforכִּיheהוּאwould be taking in pledgeחֹבֵלa life.נֶפֶשׁ
Deuteronomy 24:6
Study it in the app“No one shall take in pledge a handmill or an upper millstone, for he would be taking in pledge a life.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 24:6, word by word
- No one shall take in pledgeיַחֲבֹלyachavol
take in pledge
To hold something until a debt is paid.
Where else “yachavol” appears- a handmillרֵחַיִםrechayim
millstones
Hand mill, made of two stones. The slave woman who grinds was the lowest in rank in the house.
Where else “rechayim” appears- or an upper millstoneרָכֶבrachev
upper millstone
The upper millstone.
Where else “rachev” appears- a lifeנֶפֶשׁnefesh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nefesh” appears
The context
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.
6 · This verse (above)
7If a man is found stealing a person from his brothers, from the sons of Israel, and he treats him as a slave and sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall remove the evil from your midst.