Verse 23

{ "verseID": "Exodus.21.23", "source": "וְאִם־אָסוֹן יִהְיֶה וְנָתַתָּה נֶפֶשׁ תַּחַת נָפֶשׁ", "text": "*wə-ʾim-ʾāsôn* *yihyeh* *wə-nātattāh* *nephesh* *tachat* *nāphesh*", "grammar": { "*wə-ʾim*": "conjunction + conjunction - but if", "*ʾāsôn*": "masculine singular noun - harm/injury", "*yihyeh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - there is", "*wə-nātattāh*": "conjunction *wə* + qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - then you shall give", "*nephesh*": "feminine singular noun - life", "*tachat*": "preposition - in place of", "*nāphesh*": "feminine singular noun - life" }, "variants": { "*ʾāsôn*": "harm/injury/calamity", "*nephesh tachat nāphesh*": "life for life/soul for soul" } }

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 19:21 : 21 { "verseID": "Deuteronomy.19.21", "source": "וְלֹ֥א תָח֖וֹס עֵינֶ֑ךָ נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּנֶ֗פֶשׁ עַ֤יִן בְּעַ֙יִן֙ שֵׁ֣ן בְּשֵׁ֔ן יָ֥ד בְּיָ֖ד רֶ֥גֶל בְּרָֽגֶל", "text": "And-not *tāḥōs* *ʿēnĕkhā* *nefesh* for-*nefesh* *ʿayin* for-*ʿayin* *shēn* for-*shēn* *yād* for-*yād* *regel* for-*regel*", "grammar": { "*tāḥōs*": "Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'you shall pity'", "*ʿēnĕkhā*": "common noun feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your eye'", "*nefesh*": "common noun feminine singular - 'life/person'", "*ʿayin*": "common noun feminine singular - 'eye'", "*shēn*": "common noun feminine singular - 'tooth'", "*yād*": "common noun feminine singular - 'hand'", "*regel*": "common noun feminine singular - 'foot'" }, "variants": { "*tāḥōs*": "you shall pity/you shall spare/you shall show mercy", "*ʿēnĕkhā*": "your eye (idiom for showing pity/compassion)", "*nefesh*": "life/person/soul", "*ʿayin*": "eye/sight", "*shēn*": "tooth", "*yād*": "hand/arm", "*regel*": "foot/leg" } }
  • Lev 24:19 : 19 { "verseID": "Leviticus.24.19", "source": "וְאִ֕ישׁ כִּֽי־יִתֵּ֥ן מ֖וּם בַּעֲמִית֑וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה כֵּ֖ן יֵעָ֥שֶׂה לּֽוֹ׃", "text": "*wəʾîš kî-yittēn mûm baʿămîtô kaʾăšer ʿāśāh kēn yēʿāśeh lô*", "grammar": { "*wəʾîš*": "waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and man", "*kî-yittēn*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - when he causes/puts", "*mûm*": "noun, masculine singular - blemish/defect", "*baʿămîtô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his neighbor", "*kaʾăšer*": "preposition + relative pronoun - as/according to what", "*ʿāśāh*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he did/has done", "*kēn*": "adverb - so/thus", "*yēʿāśeh*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it shall be done", "*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to/for him" }, "variants": { "*wəʾîš*": "and if anyone/and when a man", "*yittēn mûm*": "causes injury/inflicts blemish", "*baʿămîtô*": "to his neighbor/fellow/countryman", "*kaʾăšer ʿāśāh kēn yēʿāśeh lô*": "as he has done, so it shall be done to him/the same shall be done to him" } }
  • Num 35:31 : 31 { "verseID": "Numbers.35.31", "source": "וְלֹֽא־תִקְח֥וּ כֹ֙פֶר֙ לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ רֹצֵ֔חַ אֲשֶׁר־ה֥וּא רָשָׁ֖ע לָמ֑וּת כִּי־מ֖וֹת יוּמָֽת׃", "text": "And not *ṯiqḥû* *ḵōp̄er* for *nepeš* *rōṣēaḥ* *ʾăšer*-he *rāšāʿ* *lāmûṯ* for *môṯ* *yûmāṯ*.", "grammar": { "*ṯiqḥû*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall take", "*ḵōp̄er*": "masculine singular noun - ransom", "*nepeš*": "feminine singular noun construct - soul of", "*rōṣēaḥ*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - murderer/manslayer", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*rāšāʿ*": "masculine singular adjective - wicked/guilty", "*lāmûṯ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to die", "*môṯ*": "Qal infinitive absolute - surely", "*yûmāṯ*": "Hophal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall be put to death" }, "variants": { "*ḵōp̄er*": "ransom/atonement price/bribe", "*nepeš*": "soul/person/life", "*rōṣēaḥ*": "murderer/manslayer/one who kills another", "*rāšāʿ*": "wicked/guilty/condemned", "*môṯ* *yûmāṯ*": "emphatic expression: 'he shall surely be put to death'" } }