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A widow,אַלְמָנָהor a divorced woman,וּגְרוּשָׁהor a profanedוַחֲלָלָהprostitute,זֹנָהtheseאֶת אֵלֶּהhe shall notלֹאtake;יִקָּחbutכִּי אִםa virginבְּתוּלָהof his own peopleמֵעַמָּיוhe shall takeיִקַּחas wife,אִשָּׁה
Leviticus 21:14
Study it in the app“A 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 21:14, word by word
- A widowאַלְמָנָהalmana
widow
Widow.
Where else “almana” appears- or a divorced womanגְרוּשָׁהgerusha
divorced woman
A woman whose husband sent her away.
Where else “gerusha” appears- or a profanedחֲלָלָהchalala
profaned
Another word spelled the same: a dishonored woman.
Where else “chalala” appears- prostituteזֹנָהzona
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zona” appears- takeיִקָּחyikach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “yikach” appears- a virginבְּתוּלָהbetula
virgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “betula” appears- of his own peopleעַמָּיamay
kin
Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.
Where else “amay” appears- as wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears
The context
13And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
14 · This verse (above)
15so that he does not profane his offspring among his people; for I am YHWH, who sanctifies him.”