What Does Deuteronomy 21:14 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“And it shall be if thou have no delight”

properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire

“in her then thou shalt let her go”

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

“whither she will”

properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

“but thou shalt not sell”

to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“but thou shalt not sell”

to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)

“for money”

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“thou shalt not make merchandise”

properly, apparently to heap; figuratively, to chastise (as if piling blows); to gather grain

the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc

“of her because”

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“thou hast humbled”

to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)