Deuteronomy 25:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.”

Deuteronomy 25:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 25:314 words

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

יַכֶּנּוּyakenûStrike

לֹאlōʾNot

יֹסִיףyōsîp̄Add

פֶּןpenRemoval

יֹסִיףyōsîp̄Add

לְהַכֹּתוֹləhakōtwōTo strike

עַלʿalAbove

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

מַכָּהmakāhBlow

רַבָּהrabāhAbundant

וְנִקְלָהwəniqəlāhAnd be light

אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother

לְעֵינֶיךָləʿêneyḵāTo eye

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

יַכֶּנּוּyakenûStrike

לֹאlōʾNot

יֹסִיףyōsîp̄Add

פֶּןpenRemoval

יֹסִיףyōsîp̄Add

לְהַכֹּתוֹləhakōtwōTo strike

עַלʿalAbove

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

מַכָּהmakāhBlow

רַבָּהrabāhAbundant

וְנִקְלָהwəniqəlāhAnd be light

אָחִיךָʾāḥîḵāBrother

לְעֵינֶיךָləʿêneyḵāTo eye

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