What Does Deuteronomy 24:3 Mean?

“hate”

to hate (personally)

“husband”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“And if the latter”

hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) western

“her and write”

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

“her a bill”

properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book

“of divorcement”

a cutting (of the matrimonial bond), i.e., divorce

“and giveth”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“it in her hand”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

“and sendeth”

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

“her out of his house”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“die”

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

“husband”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“And if the latter”

hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) western

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

“which took”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

“her to be his wife”

a woman