| 15. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Deuteronomy 21:15:1 ⧉כִּֽי־תִהְיֶ֨יןָkitihyenaIf there will be Deuteronomy 21:15:2 ⧉לְאִ֜ישׁleishto a man Deuteronomy 21:15:3 ⧉שְׁתֵּ֣יshteytwo Deuteronomy 21:15:4 ⧉נָשִׁ֗יםnashimwives Deuteronomy 21:15:5 ⧉הָאַחַ֤תhaakhatthe one Deuteronomy 21:15:6 ⧉אֲהוּבָה֙ahuvahloved Deuteronomy 21:15:7 ⧉וְהָאַחַ֣תvehaakhatand the other Deuteronomy 21:15:8 ⧉שְׂנוּאָ֔הsenuahunloved Deuteronomy 21:15:9 ⧉וְיָֽלְדוּ־ל֣וֹveyalduloand they bear to him Deuteronomy 21:15:10 ⧉בָנִ֔יםbanimchildren Deuteronomy 21:15:11 ⧉הָאֲהוּבָ֖הhaahuvahthe loved Deuteronomy 21:15:12 ⧉וְהַשְּׂנוּאָ֑הvehassenuahand the unloved Deuteronomy 21:15:13 ⧉וְהָיָ֛הvehayaand it will be Deuteronomy 21:15:14 ⧉הַבֵּ֥ןhabenthe son Deuteronomy 21:15:15 ⧉הַבְּכ֖וֹרhabekhorthe firstborn Deuteronomy 21:15:16 ⧉לַשְּׂנִיאָֽה׃laseniahof the unloved |
| 15. Formal Translation If a man has two wives—one beloved and the other unloved—and both bear him sons, but the firstborn son belongs to the unloved wife, |
| 15. Dynamic Translation Suppose a man has two wives, one he loves and the other he does not. If both wives bear him sons, but the firstborn belongs to the unloved wife, |