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Deuteronomy 21:1 — King James Version← Study notes

If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:


Deuteronomy 21:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 21:116 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
יִמָּצֵאyimāṣēʾCome
חָלָלḥālālPierced
בָּאֲדָמָהbāʾădāmāhIn ground
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לְךָləḵāTo
לְרִשְׁתָּהּlərišətāhTo occupy
נֹפֵלnōp̄ēlFall
בַּשָּׂדֶהbaśādehIn field
לֹאlōʾNot
נוֹדַעnwōdaʿKnow
מִיWho?
הִכָּהוּhikāhûStrike
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
יִמָּצֵאyimāṣēʾCome
חָלָלḥālālPierced
בָּאֲדָמָהbāʾădāmāhIn ground
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לְךָləḵāTo
לְרִשְׁתָּהּlərišətāhTo occupy
נֹפֵלnōp̄ēlFall
בַּשָּׂדֶהbaśādehIn field
לֹאlōʾNot
נוֹדַעnwōdaʿKnow
מִיWho?
הִכָּהוּhikāhûStrike

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