Exodus 23:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְגֵ֖ר לֹ֣א תִלְחָ֑ץ וְאַתֶּ֗ם יְדַעְתֶּם֙ אֶת־נֶ֣פֶשׁ הַגֵּ֔ר כִּֽי־גֵרִ֥ים הֱיִיתֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And-gēr not tilḥāṣ and-you yĕdaʿtem ʾet-nepeš the-gēr for-gērîm hĕyîtem in-ʾereṣ miṣrāyim

Grammar Details

*gēr*: noun masculine singular - sojourner/foreigner/stranger
*tilḥāṣ*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - oppress/squeeze/crush
*yĕdaʿtem*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - know/understand
*nepeš*: noun feminine singular construct - soul/life/inner being
*gērîm*: noun masculine plural - sojourners/foreigners/strangers
*hĕyîtem*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - were/existed
*ʾereṣ*: noun feminine singular construct - land/earth/territory
*miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt

Word Meanings

*gēr*: sojourner/foreigner/stranger/resident alien
*tilḥāṣ*: oppress/squeeze/crush/pressure
*nepeš*: soul/life/inner being/feelings/experience
*ʾereṣ*: land/earth/territory/country

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Referenced Verses

Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed be he that wresteth the justice [due] to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Exod 22:21 : 21 And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Deut 10:19 : 19 Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Deut 24:14-18 : 14 Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates: 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. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 17 Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge; 18 but thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Exod 21:21 : 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Ps 94:6 : 6 They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.
Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Matt 18:33 : 33 should not you also have had mercy on your fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on you?
Heb 2:17-18 : 17 Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.

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