Deuteronomy 22:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely bring them again unto thy brother.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹֽא־תִרְאֶה֩ אֶת־שׁ֨וֹר אָחִ֜יךָ א֤וֹ אֶת־שֵׂיוֹ֙ נִדָּחִ֔ים וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ֖ מֵהֶ֑ם הָשֵׁ֥ב תְּשִׁיבֵ֖ם לְאָחִֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

Not tirʾeh ʾet-šôr of-ʾāḥîkā or ʾet-śēyô niddāḥîm and-hitʿallam̊tā from-them hāšēb tāšîbēm to-ʾāḥîkā.

Grammar Details

*tirʾeh*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - shall see
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*šôr*: noun masculine singular construct - ox/bull
*ʾāḥîkā*: noun masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your brother
*śēyô*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his sheep/goat
*niddāḥîm*: niphal participle masculine plural - straying/gone astray
*hitʿallam̊tā*: hithpael perfect 2nd person masculine singular - hide yourself/ignore
*hāšēb*: hiphil infinitive absolute - return/bring back
*tāšîbēm*: hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you shall return them

Word Meanings

*tirʾeh*: see/observe/notice
*niddāḥîm*: straying/driven away/wandering
*hitʿallam̊tā*: hide yourself/ignore/disregard
*hāšēb tāšîbēm*: emphatic construction - you shall surely return them

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Referenced Verses

Exod 23:4-5 : 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release [it] with him.
Deut 22:3-4 : 3 And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his garment; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found: thou mayest not hide thyself. 4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.
Prov 24:11 : 11 Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.
Prov 28:27 : 27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Isa 8:17 : 17 And I will wait for Jehovah, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Isa 58:7 : 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Ezek 34:4 : 4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them.
Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
Matt 10:6 : 6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matt 15:24 : 24 But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matt 18:12-13 : 12 How think you? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goes astray? 13 And if so be that he find it, truly I say unto you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety and nine which have not gone astray.
Luke 10:31-32 : 31 And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 And in like manner a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.
Luke 15:4-6 : 4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? 5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he cometh {G1519} home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.
Jas 5:19-20 : 19 My brethren, if any among you err from the truth, and one convert him; 20 let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Lev 20:4 : 4 And if the people at the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death;

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