Deuteronomy 21:15
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,

Young's Literal Translation
‘When a man hath two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and they have borne to him sons (the loved one and the hated one), and the first-born son hath been to the hated one;

King James Bible
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, [both] the beloved and the hated; and [if] the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

Hebrew
If
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

a man
לְאִ֜ישׁ (lə·’îš)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

has
תִהְיֶ֨יןָ (ṯih·ye·nā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

two
שְׁתֵּ֣י (šə·tê)
Number - fdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

wives,
נָשִׁ֗ים (nā·šîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

one
הָאַחַ֤ת (hā·’a·ḥaṯ)
Article | Number - feminine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

beloved
אֲהוּבָה֙ (’ă·hū·ḇāh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f

and the other
וְהָאַחַ֣ת (wə·hā·’a·ḥaṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Number - feminine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

unloved,
שְׂנוּאָ֔ה (śə·nū·’āh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 8130: To hate

and [both]
הָאֲהוּבָ֖ה (hā·’ă·hū·ḇāh)
Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f

bear
וְיָֽלְדוּ־ (wə·yā·lə·ḏū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

him sons,
בָנִ֔ים (ḇā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

but the unloved
לַשְּׂנִיאָֽה׃ (laś·śə·nî·’āh)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 8146: Hated, held in aversion

wife has
וְהָיָ֛ה (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

the firstborn
הַבְּכ֖וֹר (hab·bə·ḵō·wr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1060: Firstborn, chief

son,
הַבֵּ֥ן (hab·bên)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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