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Deuteronomy 21:11

And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

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וְרָאִיתָ֙veraitaand seeרָאָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and see”, a completed action in a sequenceH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…בַּשִּׁבְיָ֔הbashivyahin captivesשִׁבְיָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in captives”, the ordinary formH7633exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively)captives(-ity).אֵ֖שֶׁתesheteachאִשָּׁהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “each”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.יְפַתyefatbeautyיָפֶהadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, construct — “beauty”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3303beautiful (literally or figuratively)[phrase] beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), [phrase] goodly, pleasant, well.תֹּ֑אַרtoarcountenanceתֹּאַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “countenance”, the ordinary formH8389outline, i.e. figure or appearance[phrase] beautiful, [idiom] comely, countenance, [phrase] fair, [idiom] favoured, form, [idiom] goodly, [idiom] resemble, visage.וְחָשַׁקְתָּ֣vechashaqtaand have a delightחָשַׁקconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and have a delight”, a completed action in a sequenceH2836to cling, i.e. join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically; to deliverhave a delight, (have a) desire, fillet, long, set (in) love.בָ֔הּvahinבָ֔הּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in”inוְלָקַחְתָּ֥velaqachtaand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and take”, a completed action in a sequenceH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.לְךָ֖lekhatoלְךָ֖preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to”toלְאִשָּֽׁהleishahto eachאִשָּׁהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to each”, the ordinary formH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

and seest among the captives a woman of goodly form, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife;

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American Standard Version (1901)

and seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife;

Young’s Literal Translation

and hast seen in the captivity a woman of fair form, and hast delighted in her, and hast taken to thee for a wife,

World English Bible

and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you are attracted to her, and desire to take her as your wife,

Darby Translation

and thou seest among the captives a woman of beautiful form, and hast a desire unto her, and takest her as thy wife;

Douay-Rheims

And seest in the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and lovest her, and wilt have her to wife,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

and seest among the captives a woman of goodly form, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and shouldest see among the spoil a woman beautiful in countenance, and shouldest desire her, and take her to thyself for a wife,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἴδῃς ἐν τῇ προνομῇ γυναῖκα καλὴν τῷ εἴδει, καὶ ἐνθυμηθῇς αὐτῆς, καὶ λάβῃς αὐτὴν σεαυτῷ γυναῖκα,