Deuteronomy 25:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־יִנָּצ֨וּ אֲנָשִׁ֤ים יַחְדָּו֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְאָחִ֔יו וְקֽ͏ָרְבָה֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת הָֽאֶחָ֔ד לְהַצִּ֥יל אֶת־אִישָׁ֖הּ מִיַּ֣ד מַכֵּ֑הוּ וְשָׁלְחָ֣ה יָדָ֔הּ וְהֶחֱזִ֖יקָה בִּמְבֻשָֽׁיו׃

Transliteration

When yinnāṣû ʾănāšîm yaḥdāw ʾîš wə-ʾāḥîw wə-qārəbāh ʾēšet the-one to-haṣṣîl ʾet-ʾîšāh from-yad makkēhû wə-šāləḥāh yādāh wə-heḥĕzîqāh in-məbušāyw

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - when/if
*yinnāṣû*: niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they fight
*ʾănāšîm*: noun masculine plural - men
*yaḥdāw*: adverb - together
*ʾîš*: noun masculine singular - man
*wə-ʾāḥîw*: conjunction + noun masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his brother
*wə-qārəbāh*: conjunction + qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - and she draws near
*ʾēšet*: noun feminine singular construct - wife of
*hā-ʾeḥād*: definite article + numeral - the one
*lə-haṣṣîl*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to deliver
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʾîšāh*: noun masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her husband
*mi-yad*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct - from hand of
*makkēhû*: hiphil participle masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - one striking him
*wə-šāləḥāh*: conjunction + qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - and she puts forth
*yādāh*: noun feminine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her hand
*wə-heḥĕzîqāh*: conjunction + hiphil perfect 3rd feminine singular - and she seizes
*bi-məbušāyw*: preposition + noun masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - by his private parts

Word Meanings

*yinnāṣû*: fight/struggle/quarrel
*haṣṣîl*: deliver/rescue/save
*makkēhû*: one who strikes him/his attacker
*məbušāyw*: private parts/genitals/shameful parts

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Referenced Verses

Rom 3:8 : 8 And not rather,(as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say ,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
1 Tim 2:9 : 9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

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