Numbers 15:31

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, 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 commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed 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 shall be destroyed: 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 a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
Ps 119:126 : 126 It is time for thee, LORD, 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 stay thereon:
Isa 53:6 : 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Lev 26:15 : 15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
Lev 26:43 : 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
Ps 38:4 : 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy{H8799)} for me.
1 Thess 4:8 : 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
Heb 10:28-29 : 28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith 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 own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
2 Pet 2:21 : 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

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