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Deuteronomy 21:11

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When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,	And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;	Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And seest^H7200 among the captives^H7633 a beautiful^{H8389 H3303} woman^H802, and hast a desire^H2836 unto her, that thou wouldest have her^H3947 to thy wife^H802;

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Original Hebrew

וְרָאִיתָ בַּשִּׁבְיָה אֵשֶׁת יְפַת־תֹּאַר וְחָשַׁקְתָּ בָהּ וְלָקַחְתָּ לְךָ לְאִשָּׁה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/רָאִיתָ֙	ve./ra.'i.Ta	H7200	HC/Vqq2ms	and/ you will see
בַּ/שִּׁבְיָ֔ה	ba./shiv.Yah	H7633	HRd/Ncbsa	among the/ (female) captive(s)
אֵ֖שֶׁת	'E.shet	H802	HNcfsc	a woman
יְפַת	ye.fat-	H3303	HAafsc	beautiful of
תֹּ֑אַר	To.'ar	H8389	HNcmsa	appearance
וְ/חָשַׁקְתָּ֣	ve./cha.shak.Ta	H2836	HC/Vqq2ms	and/ you will love
בָ֔/הּ	Va/h		HR/Sp3fs	(in) (the)/ her
וְ/לָקַחְתָּ֥	ve./la.kach.Ta	H3947	HC/Vqq2ms	and/ you will take (her)
לְ/ךָ֖	le./Kha		HR/Sp2ms	for (the)/ yourself
לְ/אִשָּֽׁה	le./'i.Shah	H802	HR/Ncfsa	to/ a wife

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H2836 — חָשַׁק (châshaq, khaw-shak'): a primitive root; also interchangeable for חָשַׂךְ; to cling, i.e. join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically; to deliver; have a delight, (have a) desire, fillet, long, set (in) love.
• H3303 — יָפֶה (yâpheh, yaw-feh'): from יָפָה; beautiful (literally or figuratively); [phrase] beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), [phrase] goodly, pleasant, well.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H7633 — שִׁבְיָה (shibyâh, shib-yaw'): feminine of שְׁבִי; exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); captives(-ity).
• H8389 — תֹּאַר (tôʼar, to'-ar): from תָּאַר; outline, i.e. figure or appearance; [phrase] beautiful, [idiom] comely, countenance, [phrase] fair, [idiom] favoured, form, [idiom] goodly, [idiom] resemble, visage.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• desire — Genesis 6:2, Genesis 12:14-15, Genesis 29:18-20, Genesis 34:3, Genesis 34:8, Judges 14:2-3, Proverbs 6:25, Proverbs 31:10, Proverbs 31:30
• that — Numbers 31:18

Reciprocal references (3): Exodus 21:8, Isaiah 2:6, Daniel 11:37

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: CAPTIVES
• Nave’s: CONCUBINAGE, DIVORCE, MARRIAGE, SERVANT

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