The Meaning of Deuteronomy 24:6 Explained

Deuteronomy 24:6

KJV: No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

YLT: None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it is he is taking in pledge.

Darby: No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge.

ASV: No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

No man shall take  the nether  or the upper millstone  to pledge:  for he taketh  [a man's] life  to pledge. 

What does Deuteronomy 24:6 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 24

1  Of divorce
5  A new married man goes not to war
6  Of pledges
7  Of kidnapping
8  Of leprosy
10  Of pledges
14  The hire is to be given
16  Of justice
19  Of charity

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 24:6 mean?

No man shall take in pledge the lower or the upper millstone for [one's] living he takes in pledge -
לֹא־ יַחֲבֹ֥ל רֵחַ֖יִם וָרָ֑כֶב כִּי־ נֶ֖פֶשׁ ה֥וּא חֹבֵֽל ס

לֹא־  No 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יַחֲבֹ֥ל  man  shall  take  in  pledge 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָבַל 
Sense: to bind.
רֵחַ֖יִם  the  lower 
Parse: Noun, md
Root: רֵחַיִם  
Sense: handmills.
וָרָ֑כֶב  or  the  upper  millstone 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֶכֶב  
Sense: a team, chariot, chariotry, mill-stone, riders.
נֶ֖פֶשׁ  [one's]  living 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
חֹבֵֽל  takes  in  pledge 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: חָבַל 
Sense: to bind.
ס    - 
Parse: Punctuation

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