Verse 20

{ "verseID": "Leviticus.24.20", "source": "שֶׁ֚בֶר תַּ֣חַת שֶׁ֔בֶר עַ֚יִן תַּ֣חַת עַ֔יִן שֵׁ֖ן תַּ֣חַת שֵׁ֑ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֥ן מוּם֙ בָּֽאָדָ֔ם כֵּ֖ן יִנָּ֥תֶן בּֽוֹ׃", "text": "*šeber taḥat šeber ʿayin taḥat ʿayin šēn taḥat šēn kaʾăšer yittēn mûm bāʾādām kēn yinnāten bô*", "grammar": { "*šeber*": "noun, masculine singular - fracture/break", "*taḥat*": "preposition - instead of/in place of", "*šeber*": "noun, masculine singular - fracture/break", "*ʿayin*": "noun, feminine singular - eye", "*taḥat*": "preposition - instead of/in place of", "*ʿayin*": "noun, feminine singular - eye", "*šēn*": "noun, feminine singular - tooth", "*taḥat*": "preposition - instead of/in place of", "*šēn*": "noun, feminine singular - tooth", "*kaʾăšer*": "preposition + relative pronoun - as/according to what", "*yittēn*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he causes/gives", "*mûm*": "noun, masculine singular - blemish/defect", "*bāʾādām*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the man", "*kēn*": "adverb - so/thus", "*yinnāten*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it shall be given", "*bô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in/to him" }, "variants": { "*šeber*": "fracture/break/wound", "*ʿayin*": "eye/sight", "*šēn*": "tooth", "*taḥat*": "for/in place of/instead of", "*yittēn mûm*": "causes injury/inflicts blemish", "*bāʾādām*": "in a person/to a human", "*yinnāten bô*": "shall be done to him/shall be given to him" } }

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" } }
  • Matt 5:38 : 38 { "verseID": "Matthew.5.38", "source": "¶Ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐρρέθη, Ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ, καὶ ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος:", "text": "*Ēkousate* that *errethē*, *Ophthalmon* *anti* *ophthalmou*, and *odonta* *anti* *odontos*:", "grammar": { "*Ēkousate*": "aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural - you heard", "*errethē*": "aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - it was said", "*Ophthalmon*": "accusative masculine singular - eye", "*anti*": "preposition with genitive - in place of/instead of", "*ophthalmou*": "genitive masculine singular - of eye", "*odonta*": "accusative masculine singular - tooth", "*odontos*": "genitive masculine singular - of tooth" }, "variants": { "*Ēkousate*": "heard/understood/learned", "*errethē*": "was said/was spoken", "*Ophthalmon*": "eye/sight", "*anti*": "for/in place of/instead of", "*ophthalmou*": "of eye/sight", "*odonta*": "tooth", "*odontos*": "of tooth" } }
  • Exod 21:23-25 : 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" } } 24 { "verseID": "Exodus.21.24", "source": "עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן שֵׁן תַּחַת שֵׁן יָד תַּחַת יָד רֶגֶל תַּחַת רָגֶל", "text": "*ʿayin* *tachat* *ʿayin* *shēn* *tachat* *shēn* *yād* *tachat* *yād* *regel* *tachat* *rāgel*", "grammar": { "*ʿayin*": "feminine singular noun - eye", "*tachat*": "preposition - in place of", "*ʿayin*": "feminine singular noun - eye", "*shēn*": "feminine singular noun - tooth", "*tachat*": "preposition - in place of", "*shēn*": "feminine singular noun - tooth", "*yād*": "feminine singular noun - hand", "*tachat*": "preposition - in place of", "*yād*": "feminine singular noun - hand", "*regel*": "feminine singular noun - foot", "*tachat*": "preposition - in place of", "*rāgel*": "feminine singular noun - foot" }, "variants": { "*tachat*": "in place of/for/instead of" } } 25 { "verseID": "Exodus.21.25", "source": "כְּוִיָּה תַּחַת כְּוִיָּה פֶּצַע תַּחַת פָּצַע חַבּוּרָה תַּחַת חַבּוּרָה", "text": "*kəwiyyāh* *tachat* *kəwiyyāh* *peṣaʿ* *tachat* *pāṣaʿ* *chabbûrāh* *tachat* *chabbûrāh*", "grammar": { "*kəwiyyāh*": "feminine singular noun - burn", "*tachat*": "preposition - in place of", "*kəwiyyāh*": "feminine singular noun - burn", "*peṣaʿ*": "masculine singular noun - wound", "*tachat*": "preposition - in place of", "*pāṣaʿ*": "masculine singular noun - wound", "*chabbûrāh*": "feminine singular noun - stripe/bruise", "*tachat*": "preposition - in place of", "*chabbûrāh*": "feminine singular noun - stripe/bruise" }, "variants": { "*kəwiyyāh*": "burn/burning", "*peṣaʿ*": "wound/injury/cut", "*chabbûrāh*": "stripe/bruise/blow" } }