Deuteronomy 21:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כַּפֵּר֩ לְעַמְּךָ֨ יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־פָּדִ֙יתָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה וְאַל־תִּתֵּן֙ דָּ֣ם נָקִ֔י בְּקֶ֖רֶב עַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְנִכַּפֵּ֥ר לָהֶ֖ם הַדָּֽם׃

Transliteration

Kappēr to-ʿamməkā Yiśrāʾēl which-pādîtā YHWH, and-not-tittēn dām nāqî in-qereb ʿamməkā Yiśrāʾēl, and-nikkapēr to-them the-dām.

Grammar Details

*Kappēr*: Piel imperative, masculine singular - atone/forgive
*ʿamməkā*: masculine singular noun construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your people
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*pādîtā*: Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have redeemed
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*tittēn*: Qal imperfect jussive, 2nd person masculine singular - may you give
*dām*: masculine singular noun - blood
*nāqî*: masculine singular adjective - innocent
*qereb*: masculine singular noun construct - midst of
*nikkapēr*: Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it shall be atoned

Word Meanings

*Kappēr*: atone/forgive/cover/purge
*pādîtā*: you have redeemed/ransomed/delivered
*tittēn*: may you give/place/put
*dām nāqî*: innocent blood/blood of an innocent
*qereb*: midst/among/within
*nikkapēr*: it shall be atoned/forgiven/pardoned

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Referenced Verses

Jonah 1:14 : 14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.
Matt 23:35 : 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
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.
2 Sam 3:28 : 28 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
Ps 19:12 : 12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
Jer 26:15 : 15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
Ezek 23:3 : 3 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.
Ezek 23:24-25 : 24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. 25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

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