Leviticus 21:13

“And he shall take a wife in her virginity.”

Leviticus 21:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 21:13, word by word

shall takeיִקָּחyikach

take a wife

"Take a wife": to marry.

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a wifeאִשָּׁהisha

wife

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

Where else “isha” appears
in her virginityבְתוּלֶיvetule

virginity

Never having been with a man.

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The context

12And he shall not go out from the sanctuary, and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his Elohim, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his Elohim is on him. I am YHWH.

13 · This verse (above)

14A widow, or a divorced woman, or a profaned prostitute, these he shall not take; but a virgin of his own people he shall take as wife,

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