King James Version

Deuteronomy 24:2

And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.

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וְיָצְאָ֖הveyatseahand bring forthיָצָאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and bring forth”, a completed action in a sequenceH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…מִבֵּית֑וֹmibeytvofrom familyבַּיִתpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “from family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…וְהָלְכָ֖הvehalekhahand walkהָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and walk”, a completed action in a sequenceH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…וְהָיְתָ֥הvehayetahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לְאִישׁleishto a certainאִישׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to a certain”, the ordinary formH376a 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)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…אַחֵֽרacherother manאַחֵרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “other man”, the ordinary formH312properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.(an-) other man, following, next, strange.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

and she departeth out of his house, and goeth and becometh another man's wife,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife .

Young’s Literal Translation

and she hath gone out of his house, and hath gone and been another man's,

World English Bible

When she has departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.

Darby Translation

And she shall depart out of his house, and go away, and may become another man's wife.

Douay-Rheims

And when she is departed, and marrieth another husband,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

and she departeth out of his house, and goeth and becometh another man's wife,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And if she should go away and be married to another man;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἀπελθοῦσα γένηται ἀνδρὶ ἑτέρῳ,

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