The Meaning of Deuteronomy 21:15 Explained

Deuteronomy 21:15

KJV: If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

YLT: 'When a man hath two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and they have borne to him sons (the loved one and the hated one), and the first-born son hath been to the hated one;

Darby: If a man have two wives, one beloved, and one hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and the firstborn son be hers that was hated;

ASV: If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

If a man  have two  wives,  one  beloved,  and another  hated,  and they have born  him children,  [both] the beloved  and the hated;  and [if] the firstborn  son  be hers that was hated: 

What does Deuteronomy 21:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 21

1  The Atonement for an Unsolved Murder
10  The usage of a captive taken to wife
15  The firstborn is not to be disinherited upon private affection
18  A rebellious son is to be stoned to death
22  The malefactor must not hang all night on a tree

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 21:15 mean?

If has a man two wives one loved and one unloved and they have borne him children [both] the loved and the unloved and [if] is son firstborn of her who is unloved
כִּֽי־ תִהְיֶ֨יןָ לְאִ֜ישׁ שְׁתֵּ֣י נָשִׁ֗ים הָאַחַ֤ת אֲהוּבָה֙ וְהָאַחַ֣ת שְׂנוּאָ֔ה וְיָֽלְדוּ־ ל֣וֹ בָנִ֔ים הָאֲהוּבָ֖ה וְהַשְּׂנוּאָ֑ה וְהָיָ֛ה הַבֵּ֥ן הַבְּכ֖וֹר לַשְּׂנִיאָֽה

לְאִ֜ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
שְׁתֵּ֣י  two 
Parse: Number, fdc
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
נָשִׁ֗ים  wives 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
הָאַחַ֤ת  one 
Parse: Article, Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
אֲהוּבָה֙  loved 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine singular
Root: אָהַב  
Sense: to love.
וְהָאַחַ֣ת  and  one 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
שְׂנוּאָ֔ה  unloved 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine singular
Root: שָׂנֵא  
Sense: to hate, be hateful.
וְיָֽלְדוּ־  and  they  have  borne 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
בָנִ֔ים  children 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
הָאֲהוּבָ֖ה  [both]  the  loved 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine singular
Root: אָהַב  
Sense: to love.
וְהַשְּׂנוּאָ֑ה  and  the  unloved 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine singular
Root: שָׂנֵא  
Sense: to hate, be hateful.
וְהָיָ֛ה  and  [if]  is 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הַבֵּ֥ן  son 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
הַבְּכ֖וֹר  firstborn 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בְּכֹר  
Sense: firstborn, firstling.
לַשְּׂנִיאָֽה  of  her  who  is  unloved 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: שָׂנִיא  
Sense: hated, held in aversion.

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