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Exodus 21:14 — King James Version← Study notes

But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.


Exodus 21:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 21:1411 words
וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction
יָזִדyāzidSeethe
אִישׁʾîšMan
עַלʿalAbove
רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate
לְהָרְגוֹləhārəgwōTo smite
בְעָרְמָהvəʿārəmāhIn trickery
מֵעִםmēʿimFrom with
מִזְבְּחִיmizəbəḥîAltar
תִּקָּחֶנּוּtiqāḥenûTake
לָמוּתlāmûtTo die
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction
יָזִדyāzidSeethe
אִישׁʾîšMan
עַלʿalAbove
רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate
לְהָרְגוֹləhārəgwōTo smite
בְעָרְמָהvəʿārəmāhIn trickery
מֵעִםmēʿimFrom with
מִזְבְּחִיmizəbəḥîAltar
תִּקָּחֶנּוּtiqāḥenûTake
לָמוּתlāmûtTo die

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