תִתְחַתֵּ֖ן
𐤕𐤕𐤇𐤕𐤍
châthan
intermarry
To become related by marriage, specifically to form an alliance through marriage or to enter into an affinity, usually referring to actions such as marrying, giving in marriage, or becoming a son-in-law or parent-in-law. The term commonly refers to the process or state of forging kinship by marriage, not to general wedding activity. Semantic range includes to become a son-in-law, to enter into marital kinship, to give or take a daughter in marriage, to ally oneself by marriage.
Deuteronomy 7:3 · Word #2
Lexicon H2859
| Lemma | חָתַן |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤇𐤕𐤍 |
| Transliteration | châthan |
| Strong's | H2859 |
| Definition | To become related by marriage, specifically to form an alliance through marriage or to enter into an affinity, usually referring to actions such as marrying, giving in marriage, or becoming a son-in-law or parent-in-law. The term commonly refers to the process or state of forging kinship by marriage, not to general wedding activity. Semantic range includes to become a son-in-law, to enter into marital kinship, to give or take a daughter in marriage, to ally oneself by marriage. |
Morphology HVti2ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | t — Hithpael — Intensive reflexive |
| Conjugation | i — Imperfect — Incomplete or ongoing action |
| Person | 2 — 2nd person — Second person ("you") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | intermarry |
SIBI-P1 Translation H2859-08
you will ally yourself by marriage
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Hithpael (reflexive), imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Hithpael stem conveys a reflexive action, indicating that the subject forms the marital alliance upon himself. The imperfect 2nd masculine singular is rendered as "you will," preserving person, gender, and number while maintaining the root sense of establishing kinship through marriage. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
you will ally yourself by marriage
| Same as P1 | Yes |
| Rationale | P1 is contextually accurate, directly expressing the idea of entering marital alliance as in the verse. |