The Meaning of Leviticus 21:13 Explained

Leviticus 21:13

KJV: And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

YLT: 'And he taketh a wife in her virginity;

Darby: And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

ASV: And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he shall take  a wife  in her virginity. 

What does Leviticus 21:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 21

1  Of the priests' mourning
6  Of their holiness
7  Of their marriages
8  Of their estimation
9  Of the high priest's holiness
10  Of his marriage
13  The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary

What do the individual words in Leviticus 21:13 mean?

And he a wife in her virginity shall take
וְה֕וּא אִשָּׁ֥ה בִבְתוּלֶ֖יהָ יִקָּֽח

וְה֕וּא  And  he 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
אִשָּׁ֥ה  a  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
בִבְתוּלֶ֖יהָ  in  her  virginity 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: בְּתוּלִים  
Sense: virginity.
יִקָּֽח  shall  take 
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.

What are the major concepts related to Leviticus 21:13?

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