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Deuteronomy 24:6

Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.
Deuteronomy 24:6
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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

לֹא־יַחֲבֹ֥ל רֵחַ֖יִם וָרָ֑כֶב כִּי־נֶ֖פֶשׁ ה֥וּא חֹבֵֽל׃ ס

  1. לֹא־lo'-“not”
    Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  2. יַחֲבֹ֥לya.cha.Vol“anyone will take as pledge”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from חָבַל · “to pledge” · Strong's H2254A
  3. רֵחַ֖יִםre.Cha.yim“a hand-mill”
    Noun, masculine, dual, absolute · from רֵחֶה · “millstone” · Strong's H7347
  4. וָרָ֑כֶבva.Ra.khev“and an upper millstone”
    Conjunction + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from רֶ֫כֶב · “millstone” · Strong's H7393H
  5. כִּי־ki-“for”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  6. נֶ֖פֶשׁNe.fesh“a life”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from נֶ֫פֶשׁ · “life” · Strong's H5315H
  7. ה֥וּאhu'“that”
    Pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from הוּא · “he; she; it” · Strong's H1931
  8. חֹבֵֽל׃ סcho.Vel“[is] taking as pledge”
    Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, singular, absolute · from חָבַל · “to pledge” · Strong's H2254A
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)