The Meaning of Exodus 21:10 Explained

Exodus 21:10

KJV: If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

YLT: If another woman he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;

Darby: If he take himself another, her food, her clothing, and her conjugal rights he shall not diminish.

ASV: If he take him another wife ; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

If he take  him another  [wife]; her food,  her raiment,  and her duty of marriage,  shall he not diminish. 

What does Exodus 21:10 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Exodus 21

1  Laws for men servants
5  For the servant whose ear is bored
7  For women servants
12  For manslaughter
16  For kidnappers
17  For cursers of parents
18  For smiters
22  For a hurt by chance
28  For an ox that gores
33  For him who is an occasion of harm

What do the individual words in Exodus 21:10 mean?

If another [wife] he takes to him her food her clothing and her marriage rights not he shall diminish
אִם־ אַחֶ֖רֶת יִֽקַּֽח־ ל֑וֹ שְׁאֵרָ֛הּ כְּסוּתָ֥הּ וְעֹנָתָ֖הּ לֹ֥א יִגְרָֽע

אַחֶ֖רֶת  another  [wife] 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular construct
Root: אַחֵר  
Sense: another, other, following.
יִֽקַּֽח־  he  takes 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
ל֑וֹ  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
שְׁאֵרָ֛הּ  her  food 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: שְׁאֵר  
Sense: flesh, food, body, near kin, near kinswoman.
כְּסוּתָ֥הּ  her  clothing 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: כְּסוּת  
Sense: covering, clothing.
וְעֹנָתָ֖הּ  and  her  marriage  rights 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: עֹנָה  
Sense: cohabitation, conjugal rights.
יִגְרָֽע  he  shall  diminish 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּרַע 
Sense: to diminish, restrain, withdraw, abate, keep back, do away, take from, clip.

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