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Deuteronomy 24:7 — King James Version← Study notes

If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.


Deuteronomy 24:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 24:717 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
יִמָּצֵאyimāṣēʾCome
אִישׁʾîšMan
גֹּנֵבgōnēvThieve
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
מֵאֶחָיוmēʾeḥāywFrom brother
מִבְּנֵיmibənêFrom son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְהִתְעַמֶּרwəhitəʿamerAnd heap
בּוֹbwōIn
וּמְכָרוֹûməḵārwōAnd sell
וּמֵתûmētAnd die
הַגַּנָּבhaganāvThe stealer
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
וּבִעַרְתָּûviʿarətāAnd kindle
הָרָעhārāʿThe bad
מִקִּרְבֶּךָmiqirəbeḵāFrom nearest
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
אִישׁʾîšMan
גֹּנֵבgōnēvThieve
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
מֵאֶחָיוmēʾeḥāywFrom brother
מִבְּנֵיmibənêFrom son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְהִתְעַמֶּרwəhitəʿamerAnd heap
בּוֹbwōIn
וּמְכָרוֹûməḵārwōAnd sell
וּמֵתûmētAnd die
הַגַּנָּבhaganāvThe stealer
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
וּבִעַרְתָּûviʿarətāAnd kindle
הָרָעhārāʿThe bad
מִקִּרְבֶּךָmiqirəbeḵāFrom nearest

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