| 14. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Deuteronomy 21:14:1 ⧉וְהָיָ֞הvehayaand it shall be Deuteronomy 21:14:2 ⧉אִם־לֹ֧אimloif not Deuteronomy 21:14:3 ⧉חָפַ֣צְתָּkhafatstayou desire Deuteronomy 21:14:4 ⧉בָּ֗הּbahin her Deuteronomy 21:14:5 ⧉וְשִׁלַּחְתָּהּ֙veshilakhtahthen you shall let her go Deuteronomy 21:14:6 ⧉לְנַפְשָׁ֔הּlenafshahto herself Deuteronomy 21:14:7 ⧉וּמָכֹ֥רumakhorand selling Deuteronomy 21:14:8 ⧉לֹא־תִמְכְּרֶ֖נָּהlotimkerenayou shall not sell her Deuteronomy 21:14:9 ⧉בַּכָּ֑סֶףbakaseffor money Deuteronomy 21:14:10 ⧉לֹא־תִתְעַמֵּ֣רlotitameryou shall not treat her as a slave Deuteronomy 21:14:11 ⧉בָּ֔הּbahher Deuteronomy 21:14:12 ⧉תַּ֖חַתtakhatbecause Deuteronomy 21:14:13 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherthat Deuteronomy 21:14:14 ⧉עִנִּיתָֽהּ׃סinnitahyou have humbled her |
| 14. Formal Translation And it shall be, if you do not delight in her, you shall send her away to herself, and you shall not sell her for silver, you shall not treat her as a slave, because you have afflicted her. |
| 14. Dynamic Translation If you do not wish to keep her, you must let her go free on her own, and you must not sell her for money or enslave her, since you have already humiliated her. |