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Exodus 21:15 — King James Version← Study notes

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.


Exodus 21:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 21:155 words
וּמַכֵּהûmakēhAnd strike
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וְאִמּוֹwəʾimwōAnd mother
מוֹתmwōtDie
יוּמָתyûmātDie
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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וּמַכֵּהûmakēhAnd strike
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וְאִמּוֹwəʾimwōAnd mother
מוֹתmwōtDie
יוּמָתyûmātDie

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