Deuteronomy 24:6
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
3808 [e]לֹא־
lō-
NoAdv-NegPrt
2254 [e]יַחֲבֹ֥ל
ya-ḥă-ḇōl
man shall take in pledgeV-Qal-Imperf-3ms
7347 [e]רֵחַ֖יִם
rê-ḥa-yim
the lowerN-md
7393 [e]וָרָ֑כֶב
wā-rā-ḵeḇ;
or the upper millstoneConj-w | N-ms
3588 [e]כִּי־
kî-
forConj
5315 [e]נֶ֖פֶשׁ
ne-p̄eš
[one's] livingN-fs
1931 [e]ה֥וּא
hePro-3ms
2254 [e]חֹבֵֽל׃
ḥō-ḇêl.
takes in pledgeV-Qal-Prtcpl-ms
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Hebrew Texts
דברים 24:6 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
לֹא־יַחֲבֹ֥ל רֵחַ֖יִם וָרָ֑כֶב כִּי־נֶ֖פֶשׁ ה֥וּא חֹבֵֽל׃ ס

דברים 24:6 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
לא־יחבל רחים ורכב כי־נפש הוא חבל׃ ס

דברים 24:6 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
לא־יחבל רחים ורכב כי־נפש הוא חבל׃ ס

דברים 24:6 Hebrew Bible
לא יחבל רחים ורכב כי נפש הוא חבל׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.

King James Bible
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security."
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

shall take Small hand-mills, which ground at one time only a sufficient quantity for day's consumption; hence they were forbidden to take either of the stones to pledge, because if they did, they would be deprived of the means of preparing their necessary food, and the family be without bread, and the family be without bread. On this account they are called in the text, {a man's life} The same reason holds good against receiving in pledge, or distraining for debt, any instrument of labour, by which men earn their livelihood

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