Deuteronomy 21:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day;(for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־תָלִ֨ין נִבְלָת֜וֹ עַל־הָעֵ֗ץ כִּֽי־קָב֤וֹר תִּקְבְּרֶ֙נּוּ֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא כִּֽי־קִלְלַ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֖ים תָּל֑וּי וְלֹ֤א תְטַמֵּא֙ אֶת־אַדְמָ֣תְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ נַחֲלָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

Not-tālîn niblātô on-the-ʿēṣ, for-qābôr tiqbərennû in-the-yôm the-hahûʾ, for-qilələlat ʾĕlōhîm tālûy, and-not təṭammēʾ [direct object] ʾadmātəkā which YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā nōtēn to-you naḥălāh.

Grammar Details

*tālîn*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it shall remain overnight
*niblātô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his corpse
*ʿēṣ*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the tree
*qābôr*: Qal infinitive absolute - surely bury
*tiqbərennû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - you shall bury him
*yôm*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the day
*hahûʾ*: masculine singular demonstrative adjective with definite article - that
*qilələlat*: feminine singular noun construct - curse of
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - God
*tālûy*: Qal passive participle, masculine singular - hanged
*təṭammēʾ*: Piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you defile
*ʾadmātəkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your land
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ʾĕlōhêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God
*nōtēn*: Qal participle, masculine singular - giving
*naḥălāh*: feminine singular noun - inheritance

Word Meanings

*tālîn*: remain overnight/stay overnight
*niblātô*: his corpse/his dead body
*qābôr tiqbərennû*: you shall surely bury him
*qilələlat*: curse/cursed thing
*tālûy*: hanged one/suspended one
*təṭammēʾ*: defile/pollute/make unclean
*naḥălāh*: inheritance/possession

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Referenced Verses

Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Lev 18:25 : 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
John 19:31 : 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day ,(for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Rom 9:3 : 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Num 25:4 : 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
Num 35:33-34 : 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
Deut 7:26 : 26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
Josh 7:12 : 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
Josh 8:29 : 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
Josh 10:26-27 : 26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. 27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.
2 Sam 21:6 : 6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.
1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.

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