Verse 21

{ "verseID": "Leviticus.24.21", "source": "וּמַכֵּ֥ה בְהֵמָ֖ה יְשַׁלְּמֶ֑נָּה וּמַכֵּ֥ה אָדָ֖ם יוּמָֽת׃", "text": "*ûmakkēh bəhēmāh yəšalləmennāh ûmakkēh ʾādām yûmāt*", "grammar": { "*ûmakkēh*": "waw conjunction + Hiphil participle, masculine singular - and one who strikes/kills", "*bəhēmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - animal/beast", "*yəšalləmennāh*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - he shall make it good/repay it", "*ûmakkēh*": "waw conjunction + Hiphil participle, masculine singular - and one who strikes/kills", "*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine singular - man/mankind", "*yûmāt*": "Hophal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall be put to death" }, "variants": { "*ûmakkēh*": "one who strikes/kills/injures", "*bəhēmāh*": "animal/beast/livestock", "*yəšalləmennāh*": "shall repay it/make restitution for it/compensate for it", "*ʾādām*": "person/human/man", "*yûmāt*": "shall be put to death/shall be executed" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 24:17-18 : 17 { "verseID": "Leviticus.24.17", "source": "וְאִ֕ישׁ כִּ֥י יַכֶּ֖ה כָּל־נֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֑ם מ֖וֹת יוּמָֽת׃", "text": "*wəʾîš kî yakkeh kol-nepeš ʾādām môt yûmāt*", "grammar": { "*wəʾîš*": "waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and man", "*kî*": "conjunction - when/if", "*yakkeh*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he strikes/kills", "*kol-nepeš*": "noun, masculine singular construct + noun, feminine singular - any life/soul of", "*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine singular - man/mankind", "*môt*": "Qal infinitive absolute - dying", "*yûmāt*": "Hophal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall be put to death" }, "variants": { "*wəʾîš*": "and if anyone/and when a man", "*yakkeh*": "strikes/smites/kills", "*kol-nepeš ʾādām*": "any human life/any person", "*môt yûmāt*": "surely be put to death (emphatic construction)" } } 18 { "verseID": "Leviticus.24.18", "source": "וּמַכֵּ֥ה נֶֽפֶשׁ־בְּהֵמָ֖ה יְשַׁלְּמֶ֑נָּה נֶ֖פֶשׁ תַּ֥חַת נָֽפֶשׁ׃", "text": "*ûmakkēh nepeš-bəhēmāh yəšalləmennāh nepeš taḥat nāpeš*", "grammar": { "*ûmakkēh*": "waw conjunction + Hiphil participle, masculine singular - and one who strikes/kills", "*nepeš-bəhēmāh*": "noun, feminine singular construct + noun, feminine singular - life of animal", "*yəšalləmennāh*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - he shall make it good/repay it", "*nepeš*": "noun, feminine singular - life/soul", "*taḥat*": "preposition - instead of/in place of", "*nāpeš*": "noun, feminine singular - life/soul" }, "variants": { "*ûmakkēh*": "one who strikes/kills/injures", "*nepeš-bəhēmāh*": "animal life/the life of a beast", "*yəšalləmennāh*": "shall repay it/make restitution for it/compensate for it", "*nepeš taḥat nāpeš*": "life for life/like for like" } }
  • Exod 21:33 : 33 { "verseID": "Exodus.21.33", "source": "וְכִי־יִפְתַּח אִישׁ בּוֹר אוֹ כִּי־יִכְרֶה אִישׁ בֹּר וְלֹא יְכַסֶּנּוּ וְנָפַל־שָׁמָּה שּׁוֹר אוֹ חֲמוֹר", "text": "*wə-kî-yiphtach* *ʾîsh* *bôr* *ʾô* *kî-yikhreh* *ʾîsh* *bōr* *wə-lōʾ* *yəkassennû* *wə-nāphal-shāmmāh* *shôr* *ʾô* *chamôr*", "grammar": { "*wə-kî*": "conjunction + conjunction - and if", "*yiphtach*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - opens", "*ʾîsh*": "masculine singular noun - a man", "*bôr*": "masculine singular noun - a pit", "*ʾô*": "conjunction - or", "*kî*": "conjunction - if", "*yikhreh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - digs", "*ʾîsh*": "masculine singular noun - a man", "*bōr*": "masculine singular noun - a pit", "*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction *wə* + negative particle - and not", "*yəkassennû*": "piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he covers it", "*wə-nāphal*": "conjunction *wə* + qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and falls", "*shāmmāh*": "adverb - there/into it", "*shôr*": "masculine singular noun - an ox", "*ʾô*": "conjunction - or", "*chamôr*": "masculine singular noun - a donkey" }, "variants": { "*yiphtach*": "opens/uncovers", "*yikhreh*": "digs/excavates/creates", "*yəkassennû*": "covers it/puts a cover on it", "*nāphal-shāmmāh*": "falls into it/falls there" } }