Deuteronomy 21:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for he that is hanged is accursed of God; that thou defile not thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־תָלִ֨ין נִבְלָת֜וֹ עַל־הָעֵ֗ץ כִּֽי־קָב֤וֹר תִּקְבְּרֶ֙נּוּ֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא כִּֽי־קִלְלַ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֖ים תָּל֑וּי וְלֹ֤א תְטַמֵּא֙ אֶת־אַדְמָ֣תְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ נַחֲלָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

Not-tālîn niblātô on-the-ʿēṣ, for-qābôr tiqbərennû in-the-yôm the-hahûʾ, for-qilələlat ʾĕlōhîm tālûy, and-not təṭammēʾ [direct object] ʾadmātəkā which YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā nōtēn to-you naḥălāh.

Grammar Details

*tālîn*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it shall remain overnight
*niblātô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his corpse
*ʿēṣ*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the tree
*qābôr*: Qal infinitive absolute - surely bury
*tiqbərennû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - you shall bury him
*yôm*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the day
*hahûʾ*: masculine singular demonstrative adjective with definite article - that
*qilələlat*: feminine singular noun construct - curse of
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - God
*tālûy*: Qal passive participle, masculine singular - hanged
*təṭammēʾ*: Piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you defile
*ʾadmātəkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your land
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ʾĕlōhêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God
*nōtēn*: Qal participle, masculine singular - giving
*naḥălāh*: feminine singular noun - inheritance

Word Meanings

*tālîn*: remain overnight/stay overnight
*niblātô*: his corpse/his dead body
*qābôr tiqbərennû*: you shall surely bury him
*qilələlat*: curse/cursed thing
*tālûy*: hanged one/suspended one
*təṭammēʾ*: defile/pollute/make unclean
*naḥălāh*: inheritance/possession

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Referenced Verses

Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Lev 18:25 : 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants.
John 19:31 : 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that sabbath was a high [day] ), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken away.
2 Cor 5:21 : 21 {G1063} Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Rom 9:3 : 3 For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Num 25:4 : 4 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may turn away from Israel.
Num 35:33-34 : 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 34 And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.
Deut 7:26 : 26 And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and become a devoted thing like unto it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
Josh 7:12 : 12 Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from among you.
Josh 8:29 : 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the eventide: and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, unto this day.
Josh 10:26-27 : 26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. 27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, unto this very day.
2 Sam 21:6 : 6 let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give them.
1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If any man loveth not the Lord, let him be anathema. Maranatha.

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