Deuteronomy 25:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ בְּכִֽיסְךָ֖ אֶ֣בֶן וָאָ֑בֶן גְּדוֹלָ֖ה וּקְטַנָּֽה׃

Transliteration

Not yihyeh to-you in-kîsəkā ʾeben wā-ʾāben gədôlāh û-qəṭannāh

Grammar Details

*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yihyeh*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - there shall be
*ləkā*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you
*bə-kîsəkā*: preposition + noun masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your bag
*ʾeben*: noun feminine singular - stone/weight
*wā-ʾāben*: conjunction + noun feminine singular - and stone/weight
*gədôlāh*: adjective feminine singular - large
*û-qəṭannāh*: conjunction + adjective feminine singular - and small

Word Meanings

*kîs*: bag/pouch/purse
*ʾeben wā-ʾāben*: stone and stone/different weights/diverse weights

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
Prov 16:11 : 11 A just balance and scales are Jehovah's; All the weights of the bag are his work.
Amos 8:5 : 5 saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
Lev 19:35-37 : 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah.
Mic 6:11-12 : 11 Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights? 12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Prov 20:10 : 10 Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
Ezek 45:10-11 : 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

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