Deuteronomy 24

Deuteronomy 24:1

כִּֽי

kîy

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed יִקַּ֥ח

lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications) אִ֛ישׁ

ʼîysh

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) אִשָּׁ֖ה

ʼishshâh

a woman וּבְעָלָ֑הּ

bâʻal

and — to be master; hence, to marry וְהָיָ֞ה

hâyâh

and — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) אִם

ʼim

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not לֹ֧א

lôʼ

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles תִמְצָא

mâtsâʼ

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present חֵ֣ן

chên

graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty) בְּעֵינָ֗יו

ʻayin

in/with/by — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) כִּי

kîy

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed מָ֤צָא

mâtsâʼ

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present בָהּ֙

be-

in/with/by her/hers/it עֶרְוַ֣ת

ʻervâh

nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish) דָּבָ֔ר

dâbâr

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause וְכָ֨תַב

kâthab

and — to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe) לָ֜הּ

le-

to/for her/hers/it סֵ֤פֶר

çêpher

properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book כְּרִיתֻת֙

kᵉrîythûwth

a cutting (of the matrimonial bond), i.e. divorce וְנָתַ֣ן

nâthan

and — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) בְּיָדָ֔הּ

yâd

in/with/by — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] וְשִׁלְּחָ֖הּ

shâlach

and — to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) מִבֵּיתֽוֹ

bayith

from — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

Deuteronomy 24:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

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“When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she loses his favor because he has found something indecent or unacceptable about her, and he

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This case law describes, without commanding, a man divorcing his wife with a formal written certificate - regulating an existing practice ra…writes

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This case law describes, without commanding, a man divorcing his wife with a formal written certificate - regulating an existing practice ra… her a

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This case law describes, without commanding, a man divorcing his wife with a formal written certificate - regulating an existing practice ra…certificate

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This case law describes, without commanding, a man divorcing his wife with a formal written certificate - regulating an existing practice ra… of

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This case law describes, without commanding, a man divorcing his wife with a formal written certificate - regulating an existing practice ra…divorce

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This case law describes, without commanding, a man divorcing his wife with a formal written certificate - regulating an existing practice ra…, puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house,

Cross-Book Pattern

This case law describes, without commanding, a man divorcing his wife with a formal written certificate - regulating an existing practice ra…

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Matthew 5:31, "Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce" - the one Torah law this case study quotes and interprets.

Deuteronomy 24:1 · WEB

When a man takes a wife and marries her, then it shall be, if she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

Matthew 5:31 · WEB

“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’

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““When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she loses his favor because he has found something indecent or unacceptable about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house,”

Deuteronomy 24:1

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