Deuteronomy 24:5
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אִישׁ
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)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
מִלְחָמָה
milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
אִישׁ
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)
מְלָאכָה
mᵉlâʼkâh
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
חׇפְשִׁי
chophshîy
exempt (from bondage, tax or care)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
טוֹב ṭôwb
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
Study H2895 →מְלָאכָה mᵉlâʼkâh
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
Study H4399 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
Study H4421 →Cross References
And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in th...
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
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