Deuteronomy 24:1
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Whenכִּֽי־
(ki-)
3588: that, for, whena prim. conjunction
a manאִ֛ישׁ
(ish)
376: manfrom an unused word
takesיִקַּ֥ח
(yik·kach)
3947: to takea prim. root
a wifeאִשָּׁ֖ה
(i·shah)
802: woman, wife, femalefrom an unused word
and marriesוּבְעָלָ֑הּ
(u·ve·'a·lah;)
1166: to marry, rule overa prim. root
her, and it happensוְהָיָ֞ה
(ve·ha·yah)
1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, bea prim. root
that she findsתִמְצָא־
(tim·tza-)
4672: to attain to, finda prim. root
noלֹ֧א
(lo)
3808: nota prim. adverb
favorחֵ֣ן
(chen)
2580: favor, gracefrom chanan
in his eyesבְּעֵינָ֗יו
(be·'ei·nav)
5869: an eyeof uncertain derivation
becauseכִּי־
(ki-)
3588: that, for, whena prim. conjunction
he has foundמָ֤צָא
(ma·tza)
4672: to attain to, finda prim. root
someדָּבָ֔ר
(da·var,)
1697: speech, wordfrom dabar
indecencyעֶרְוַ֣ת
(er·vat)
6172: nakednessfrom arah
in her, and he writesוְכָ֨תַב
(ve·cha·tav)
3789: to writea prim. root
her a certificateסֵ֤פֶר
(se·fer)
5612: a missive, document, writing, bookprobably of foreign origin
of divorceכְּרִיתֻת֙
(ke·ri·tut)
3748: divorcementfrom karath
and putsוְנָתַ֣ן
(ve·na·tan)
5414: to give, put, seta prim. root
[it] in her handבְּיָדָ֔הּ
(be·ya·dah,)
3027: handa prim. root
and sendsוְשִׁלְּחָ֖הּ
(ve·shil·le·chah)
7971: to senda prim. root
her out from his house,מִבֵּיתֹֽו׃
(mib·bei·tov.)
1004: a housea prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
When a man
'iysh  (eesh)
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)
hath taken
laqach  (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
a wife
'ishshah  (ish-shaw')
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman
and married
ba`al  (baw-al')
to be master; hence, to marry -- have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, wife).
her and it come to pass that she find
matsa'  (maw-tsaw')
to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
no favour
chen  (khane)
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty) -- favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-)favoured.
in his eyes
`ayin  (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
because he hath found
matsa'  (maw-tsaw')
to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
some
dabar  (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
uncleanness
`ervah  (er-vaw')
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish) -- nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
in her then let him write
kathab  (kaw-thab')
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe) -- describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
her a bill
cepher  (say'-fer)
writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book -- bill, book, evidence, learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
of divorcement
kriythuwth  (ker-ee-thooth')
a cutting (of the matrimonial bond), i.e. divorce -- divorce(-ment).
and give
nathan  (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
it in her hand
yad  (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
and send
shalach  (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
her out of his house
bayith  (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house,

King James Bible
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds something improper about her, he may write her a divorce certificate, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.

International Standard Version
"If a man chooses to enter into marriage with a woman, but she finds herself displeasing to him because he has found something objectionable about her, he must draw up divorce papers, hand them to her, and then send her out of his house.

NET Bible
If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something offensive in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is what you must do if a husband writes out a certificate of divorce, gives it to his wife, and makes her leave his house. (He divorced her because he found out something indecent about her and she no longer pleased him.)

King James 2000 Bible
When a man has taken a wife, and married her, and it comes to pass that she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
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