Exodus 22:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְחָרָ֣ה אַפִּ֔י וְהָרַגְתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם בֶּחָ֑רֶב וְהָי֤וּ נְשֵׁיכֶם֙ אַלְמָנ֔וֹת וּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם יְתֹמִֽים׃

Transliteration

And wĕḥārâ ʾappî, and wĕhāragtî you with ḥāreb, and wĕhāyû nĕšêkem ʾalmānôt and bĕnêkem yĕtōmîm.

Grammar Details

• *wĕḥārâ*: qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular, 'and it will burn'
• *ʾappî*: masculine singular noun with 1st common singular suffix, 'my anger'
• *wĕhāragtî*: qal perfect with waw consecutive, 1st common singular, 'and I will kill'
• *ḥāreb*: feminine singular noun, 'sword'
• *wĕhāyû*: qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd common plural, 'and they will be'
• *nĕšêkem*: feminine plural noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix, 'your wives'
• *ʾalmānôt*: feminine plural noun, 'widows'
• *bĕnêkem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix, 'your sons'
• *yĕtōmîm*: masculine plural noun, 'orphans/fatherless'

Word Meanings

• *wĕḥārâ ʾappî*: my anger will burn/I will become angry
• *wĕhāragtî*: I will kill/slay/put to death

Referenced Verses

• Luke 18:7 : 7 And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and [yet] he is longsuffering over them?
• Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
• Ps 18:6 : 6 In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.
• Deut 15:9 : 9 Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
• Job 34:28 : 28 So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.
• Job 35:9 : 9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
• Ps 10:17-18 : 17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear; 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
• Ps 145:19 : 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.
• Ps 146:7-9 : 7 Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners; 8 Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous; 9 Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
• Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
• Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.
• Deut 24:15 : 15 in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.
• Job 31:38-39 : 38 If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together; 39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
• Ps 140:12 : 12 I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.