Leviticus 21:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

Young's Literal Translation
‘A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he [is] holy to his God;

King James Bible
They shall not take a wife [that is] a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he [is] holy unto his God.

Hebrew
[A priest] must not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

marry
יִקָּ֔חוּ (yiq·qā·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3947: To take

a woman
אִשָּׁ֨ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

defiled
וַחֲלָלָה֙ (wa·ḥă·lā·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 2491: Pierced, polluted

by prostitution
זֹנָ֤ה (zō·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

or
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

divorced
גְּרוּשָׁ֥ה (gə·rū·šāh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 1644: To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce

by her husband,
מֵאִישָׁ֖הּ (mê·’î·šāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

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

[the priest]
ה֖וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is holy
קָדֹ֥שׁ (qā·ḏōš)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary

to his God.
לֵאלֹהָֽיו׃ (lê·lō·hāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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