Numbers 35:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

א֡וֹ בִּכְלִ֣י עֵֽץ־יָד֩ אֲשֶׁר־יָמ֨וּת בּ֥וֹ הִכָּ֛הוּ וַיָּמֹ֖ת רֹצֵ֣חַֽ ה֑וּא מ֥וֹת יוּמַ֖ת הָרֹצֵֽחַ׃

Transliteration

Or with kəlî ʿēṣ-yāḏ ʾăšer-yāmûṯ by it hikkāhû and wayyāmōṯ, rōṣēaḥ he is; môṯ yûmaṯ hārōṣēaḥ.

Grammar Details

• *kəlî*: masculine singular noun construct - vessel/tool of
• *ʿēṣ*: masculine singular noun construct - wood of
• *yāḏ*: feminine singular noun - hand
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *yāmûṯ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - one may die
• *hikkāhû*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - he struck him
• *wayyāmōṯ*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he died
• *rōṣēaḥ*: Qal participle, masculine singular - murderer/manslayer
• *môṯ*: Qal infinitive absolute - surely
• *yûmaṯ*: Hophal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he shall be put to death
• *hārōṣēaḥ*: definite article + Qal participle, masculine singular - the murderer/manslayer

Word Meanings

• *kəlî* *ʿēṣ*-*yāḏ*: wooden tool/weapon for the hand/handheld wooden implement
• *rōṣēaḥ*: murderer/manslayer/one who kills another

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Or if someone strikes another with a wooden tool that could cause death, and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Or if he smote{H5221} him with a weapon{H3627} of wood{H6086} in the hand,{H3027} whereby a man may die,{H4191} and he died,{H4191} he is a murderer:{H7523} the murderer{H7523} shall surely{H4191} be put to death.{H4191}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Or if he smite{H5221}{(H8689)} him with an hand{H3027} weapon{H3627} of wood{H6086}, wherewith he may die{H4191}{(H8799)}, and he die{H4191}{(H8799)}, he is a murderer{H7523}{(H8802)}: the murderer{H7523}{(H8802)} shall surely{H4191}{(H8800)} be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Yf he smyte him with a handwepon of wodd that he dye therwith then he shall dye: for he is a murtherer and shalbe slayne therfore.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf he smyte him wt an handweapon of wodd (wherwith eny man maie be slayne) that he dye, then is he a murthurer, and shal dye the death.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may be slaine, if he die, he is a murtherer, and the murtherer shall die the death.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Or if he smyte hym with a handweapon of wood that a man may dye with, then if he dye, he is a murtherer: let the same murtherer be slaine therfore.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Or [if] he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Or with a wooden instrument `in' the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he `is' a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Or if he gave him blows with a wood instrument in his hands, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon so that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.