Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,
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ASV
If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated;
KJV
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | if | H3588 → |
| תִהְיֶ֨יןָ | tih.Yei.na | they will belong | H1961 → |
| לְאִ֜ישׁ | le.'Ish | to a man | H376 → |
| שְׁתֵּ֣י | she.Tei | two | H8147 → |
| נָשִׁ֗ים | na.Shim | wives | H802 → |
| הָאַחַ֤ת | ha.'a.Chat | the one | H259 → |
| אֲהוּבָה֙ | 'a.hu.Vah | [is] loved | H157 → |
| וְהָאַחַ֣ת | ve.ha.'a.Chat | and the one | H259 → |
| שְׂנוּאָ֔ה | se.nu.'Ah | [is] hated | H8130 → |
| וְיָֽלְדוּ־ | ve.yal.du- | and they will bear | H3205 → |
| ל֣וֹ | lo | to <the> him | |
| בָנִ֔ים | va.Nim | sons | H1121 → |
| הָאֲהוּבָ֖ה | ha.'a.hu.Vah | the loved [one] | H157 → |
| וְהַשְּׂנוּאָ֑ה | ve.ha.se.nu.'Ah | and the hated [one] | H8130 → |
| וְהָיָ֛ה | ve.ha.Yah | and he will belong | H1961 → |
| הַבֵּ֥ן | ha.Ben | the son | H1121 → |
| הַבְּכ֖וֹר | ha.be.Khor | the firstborn | H1060 → |
| לַשְּׂנִיאָֽה׃ | la.se.ni.'Ah | to the hated [wife] | H8146 → |
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