Ezekiel 44:22
{ "verseID": "Ezekiel.44.22", "source": "וְאַלְמָנָה֙ וּגְרוּשָׁ֔ה לֹֽא־יִקְח֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם לְנָשִׁ֑ים כִּ֣י אִם־בְּתוּלֹ֗ת מִזֶּ֙רַע֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְהָֽאַלְמָנָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה אַלְמָנָ֔ה מִכֹּהֵ֖ן יִקָּֽחוּ׃", "text": "And *ʾalmānāh* and *gərûšāh* not-*yiqḥû* to them for *nāšîm*; but if-*bəṯûlōṯ* from *zera'* *bêṯ* *Yiśrāʾēl*, and the *ʾalmānāh* which *tihyeh* *ʾalmānāh* from *kōhēn* *yiqqāḥû*.", "grammar": { "*ʾalmānāh*": "feminine singular - widow", "*gərûšāh*": "feminine singular - divorced woman", "*yiqḥû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will take", "*nāšîm*": "feminine plural - wives", "*bəṯûlōṯ*": "feminine plural - virgins", "*zera'*": "masculine singular construct - seed/offspring of", "*bêṯ*": "construct state - house of", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*tihyeh*": "Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - she will be", "*kōhēn*": "masculine singular - priest", "*yiqqāḥû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they may take" }, "variants": { "*ʾalmānāh*": "widow/bereaved woman", "*gərûšāh*": "divorced woman/expelled woman", "*yiqḥû*": "they will take/they will marry", "*nāšîm*": "wives/women", "*bəṯûlōṯ*": "virgins/maidens", "*zera'*": "seed/offspring/descendants", "*tihyeh*": "she will be/she shall become", "*yiqqāḥû*": "they may take/they may marry" } }