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Deuteronomy 21:15-17

15Ifכִּֽי־ki-H3588a manלְאִ֜ישׁle.'IshH376hasתִהְיֶ֨יןָtih.Yei.naH1961twoשְׁתֵּ֣יshe.TeiH8147wivesנָשִׁ֗יםna.ShimH802,oneהָאַחַ֤תha.'a.ChatH259belovedאֲהוּבָה֙'a.hu.VahH157and the otherוְהָאַחַ֣תve.ha.'a.ChatH259unlovedשְׂנוּאָ֔הse.nu.'AhH8130,andהָאֲהוּבָ֖ה וְהַשְּׂנוּאָ֑הha.'a.hu.Vah ve.ha.se.nu.'AhH157 H8130bothbearוְיָֽלְדוּ־ve.yal.du-H3205himsonsבָנִ֔יםva.NimH1121,but the unlovedלַשְּׂנִיאָֽה׃la.se.ni.'AhH8146wife hasוְהָיָ֛הve.ha.YahH1961the firstbornהַבְּכ֖וֹרha.be.KhorH1060sonהַבֵּ֥ןha.BenH1121,

16וְהָיָ֗הve.ha.YahH1961whenבְּיוֹם֙be.yOmH3117that manאֲשֶׁר־ יִהְיֶ֖ה'a.Sher- yih.YehH834 H1961assigns his inheritanceהַנְחִיל֣וֹhan.chi.LoH5157אֶת־'et-H853to his sonsבָּנָ֔יוba.NavH1121אֵ֥ת'etH853he must notלֹ֣אlo'H3808appointיוּכַ֗לyu.KhalH3201the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of the beloved wifeהָ֣אֲהוּבָ֔הha.'a.hu.VahH157asעַל־'al-H5921the firstbornפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440overבֶן־ven-H1121the sonלְבַכֵּר֙le.va.KerH1069אֶת־'et-H853of the unloved wifeהַשְּׂנוּאָ֖ה הַבְּכֹֽר׃ha.se.nu.'Ah ha.be.KhorH8130 H1060.

17Insteadכִּי֩kiH3588אֶת־'et-H853,he must acknowledgeיַכִּ֗ירya.KirH5234the firstbornהַבְּכֹ֨רha.be.KhorH1060,the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of his unloved wifeהַשְּׂנוּאָ֜הha.se.nu.'AhH8130,by givingלָ֤תֶתLa.tetH5414hima doubleשְׁנַ֔יִםshe.Na.yimH8147portionפִּ֣יpiH6310of allבְּכֹ֥לbe.KholH3605thatאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834he hasיִמָּצֵ֖אyi.ma.Tze'H4672.Forכִּי־ki-H3588that sonהוּא֙hu'H1931is the firstfruitsרֵאשִׁ֣יתre.ShitH7225of his father’s strengthאֹנ֔וֹ'o.NoH202;the rightמִשְׁפַּ֥טmish.PatH4941of the firstbornהַבְּכֹרָֽה׃ סha.be.kho.RahH1062belongs to him.

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