Deuteronomy 21:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְתָ֥פְשׂוּ ב֖וֹ אָבִ֣יו וְאִמּ֑וֹ וְהוֹצִ֧יאוּ אֹת֛וֹ אֶל־זִקְנֵ֥י עִיר֖וֹ וְאֶל־שַׁ֥עַר מְקֹמֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And-tāpəśû in-him ʾābîw and-ʾimmô, and-hôṣîʾû [direct object]-him to-ziqnê ʿîrô and-to-šaʿar məqōmô.

Grammar Details

*tāpəśû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they seize
*ʾābîw*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his father
*ʾimmô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his mother
*hôṣîʾû*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural - they bring out
*ziqnê*: masculine plural noun construct - elders of
*ʿîrô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his city
*šaʿar*: masculine singular noun construct - gate of
*məqōmô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his place

Word Meanings

*tāpəśû*: seize/grasp/lay hold of
*hôṣîʾû*: bring out/lead out
*šaʿar*: gate/entrance/city council location
*məqōmô*: his place/his town/his locality

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Referenced Verses

Deut 16:18 : 18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Deut 21:2 : 2 then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
Deut 25:7 : 7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother unto me.
Zech 13:3 : 3 And it shall come to pass that, when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of Jehovah; and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

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