Deuteronomy 28:30

“You will become engaged to a woman, and another man will lie with her; you will build a house, and you will not live in it; you will plant a vineyard, and you will not begin to use it.”

Deuteronomy 28:30 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 28:30, word by word

You will become engaged toתְאָרֵשׂteares

betroth

Betroth: a firm agreement made before the wedding.

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a womanאִשָּׁהisha

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

Where else “isha” appears
and anotherאַחֵרacher

other

Other, another; next.

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manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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will lie with herיִשְׁכָּבֶyishkave

lie with

To lie with someone, have relations.

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you will buildתִּבְנֶהtivne

build

To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.

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a houseבַּיִתbayit

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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liveתֵשֵׁבteshev

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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you will plantתִּטַּעtita

plant

Plant; set firmly.

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a vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem

vineyard

Vineyard.

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begin to use itתְחַלְּלֶּtechalle

begin

To start doing something.

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The context

29And you will be groping at noon, as the blind man gropes in the darkness, and you will not prosper your ways; and you will be only oppressed and robbed all the days, and there will be no one to save you.

30 · This verse (above)

31Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, and you will not eat of it; your donkey will be robbed from before you, and it will not return to you; your sheep will be given to your enemies, and you will have no one to save you.

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