Numbers 15:31

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Because he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י דְבַר־יְהוָה֙ בָּזָ֔ה וְאֶת־מִצְוָת֖וֹ הֵפַ֑ר הִכָּרֵ֧ת ׀ תִּכָּרֵ֛ת הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא עֲוֺנָ֥ה בָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

Because dəbar-YHWH bāzāh and-ʾet-mitswātô hēpar hikkārēt tikkārēt hannephesh hahiʾ ʿăwōnāh in-her

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - because/for
*dəbar-YHWH*: construct state noun masculine singular + divine name - word of YHWH
*bāzāh*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he has despised
*wə-ʾet-mitswātô*: conjunction + direct object marker + noun feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his commandment
*hēpar*: hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he has broken/annulled
*hikkārēt tikkārēt*: niphal infinitive absolute + niphal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - surely be cut off
*ha-nephesh*: definite article + noun feminine singular - the soul/person
*ha-hiʾ*: definite article + 3rd person feminine singular pronoun - that
*ʿăwōnāh*: noun masculine singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her iniquity
*bāh*: preposition + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in her

Word Meanings

*dābar*: word/speech/matter/thing
*bāzāh*: despised/disdained/held in contempt
*mitswāh*: commandment/precept/order
*hēpar*: broken/violated/annulled/made void
*hikkārēt tikkārēt*: surely be cut off/certainly be eliminated/definitely be removed
*nephesh*: soul/person/life/self
*ʿāwōn*: iniquity/guilt/punishment

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 12:9 : 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Prov 13:13 : 13 Whoso despiseth the word bringeth destruction on himself; But he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
Ezek 18:20 : 20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Lev 5:1 : 1 And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter [it], then he shall bear his iniquity.
Ps 119:126 : 126 It is time for Jehovah to work; [For] they have made void thy law.
Isa 30:12 : 12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely thereon;
Isa 53:6 : 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Lev 26:15 : 15 and if ye shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhor mine ordinances, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant;
Lev 26:43 : 43 The land also shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths, while it lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected mine ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.
Ps 38:4 : 4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.
Heb 10:28-29 : 28 A man that hath set at nought Moses law dieth without compassion on [the word of] two or three witnesses: 29 of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith {G1722} he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
1 Pet 2:24 : 24 who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.
2 Pet 2:21 : 21 For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

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