{
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.24.1",
"source": "כִּֽי־יִקַּ֥ח אִ֛ישׁ אִשָּׁ֖ה וּבְעָלָ֑הּ וְהָיָ֞ה אִם־לֹ֧א תִמְצָא־חֵ֣ן בְּעֵינָ֗יו כִּי־מָ֤צָא בָהּ֙ עֶרְוַ֣ת דָּבָ֔ר וְכָ֨תַב לָ֜הּ סֵ֤פֶר כְּרִיתֻת֙ וְנָתַ֣ן בְּיָדָ֔הּ וְשִׁלְּחָ֖הּ מִבֵּיתֽוֹ׃",
"text": "When *yiqqaḥ* *ʾîš* *ʾiššâ* and *bəʿālāh*, and *hāyâ* if not *timṣāʾ*-*ḥēn* in *ʿênāyw*, because *māṣāʾ* in her *ʿerwat dābār*, and *kātab* to her *sēper kərîtut* and *nātan* in her hand, and *šilləḥāh* from his house.",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - when/if",
"*yiqqaḥ*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - takes/marries",
"*ʾîš*": "masculine singular noun - man/husband",
"*ʾiššâ*": "feminine singular noun - woman/wife",
"*bəʿālāh*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular with suffix - possesses/marries her",
"*hāyâ*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - it happens/becomes",
"*timṣāʾ*": "qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - she finds/obtains",
"*ḥēn*": "masculine singular noun - favor/grace",
"*ʿênāyw*": "common plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his eyes",
"*māṣāʾ*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he found",
"*ʿerwat dābār*": "construct phrase - nakedness/indecency of thing/matter",
"*kātab*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he writes",
"*sēper kərîtut*": "construct phrase - document of cutting off/divorce",
"*nātan*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he gives",
"*šilləḥāh*": "piel perfect 3rd masculine singular with suffix - he sends her away"
},
"variants": {
"*bəʿālāh*": "marries her/becomes her master/possesses her",
"*ʿerwat dābār*": "indecent matter/shameful thing/nakedness of something",
"*sēper kərîtut*": "document of cutting off/certificate of divorce/bill of separation",
"*šilləḥāh*": "sends her away/dismisses her/divorces her"
}
}