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Ifאִםhe takesיִקַּחanother wifeאַחֶרֶתfor himself,לוֹhe shall not reduceלֹא יִגְרָעher food,שְׁאֵרָהּher clothing,כְּסוּתָהּor her conjugal rights.וְעֹנָתָהּ
Exodus 21:10
Study it in the app“If he takes another wife for himself, he shall not reduce her food, her clothing, or her conjugal rights.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 21:10, word by word
- he takesיִקַּחyikach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “yikach” appears- another wifeאַחֶרֶתacheret
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acheret” appears- he shall not reduceיִגְרָעyigra
take away
To subtract something from an amount or a law.
Where else “yigra” appears- her foodשְׁאֵרָsheera
food
The provisions owed.
Where else “sheera” appears- her clothingכְּסוּתָkesuta
covering
The cloak someone wraps up in against the cold and sleeps in.
Where else “kesuta” appears- or her conjugal rightsעֹנָתָonata
marital rights
A word that occurs only in Exodus 21:10; it is understood as the married life a husband owes his wife.
Where else “onata” appears
Translation note
“Her conjugal rights” translates a word that appears only here; it is understood to be the married life the husband owes her.
The context
9And if he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom for daughters.
10 · This verse (above)
11And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out without payment, without silver.