“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
HebrewMeaning
אַרְבָּעִ֥יםʾarəbāʿiym
forty timesadjH705
יַכֶּ֖/נּוּyakenw
he will strike himverbH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יֹסִ֑יףyōsiyp
he will increaseverbH3254
again · any more · cease · come more ···
פֶּןpen
lestconjH6435
that...not
יֹסִ֨יףyōsiyp
he should increaseverbH3254
again · any more · cease · come more ···
לְ/הַכֹּת֤/וֹləhakōtwō
to strike himpronH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
עַלʿal
topronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אֵ֨לֶּה֙ʾēleh
theseprepH428
so · some · such · them ···
מַכָּ֣הmakāh
strikingnounH4347
blow · plague · slaughter · smote ···
רַבָּ֔הrabāh
muchadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
וְ/נִקְלָ֥הwəniqəlāh
and he will be dishonoredconjH7034
contemn · despise · lightly esteem · set light ···
אָחִ֖י/ךָʾāḥiykā
countryman yournounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
לְ/עֵינֶֽי/ךָləʿēyneykā
to eyes yourpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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