| 7. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Deuteronomy 20:7:1 ⧉וּמִֽי־הָאִ֞ישׁumihaishAnd who is the man Deuteronomy 20:7:2 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־אֵרַ֤שׂashereraswho has betrothed Deuteronomy 20:7:3 ⧉אִשָּׁה֙ishaha woman Deuteronomy 20:7:4 ⧉וְלֹ֣אveloand has not Deuteronomy 20:7:5 ⧉לְקָחָ֔הּlekakhahtaken her Deuteronomy 20:7:6 ⧉יֵלֵ֖ךְyelekhlet him go Deuteronomy 20:7:7 ⧉וְיָשֹׁ֣בveyashovand return Deuteronomy 20:7:8 ⧉לְבֵית֑וֹleveitoto his house Deuteronomy 20:7:9 ⧉פֶּן־יָמוּת֙penyamutlest he die Deuteronomy 20:7:10 ⧉בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔הbamilkhamahin the battle Deuteronomy 20:7:11 ⧉וְאִ֥ישׁveishand another man Deuteronomy 20:7:12 ⧉אַחֵ֖רakheranother Deuteronomy 20:7:13 ⧉יִקָּחֶֽנָּה׃yikakhenawould take her |
| 7. Formal Translation Is there a man who has betrothed a woman and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her. |
| 7. Dynamic Translation If a man is pledged to a woman but has not yet married her, let him return to his house, so that he does not die in warfare and another man marries her. |