Exodus 21:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:”

Exodus 21:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 21:1814 words

וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction

יְרִיבֻןyərîvunToss

אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan

וְהִכָּהwəhikāhAnd strike

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶתʾet—

רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate

בְּאֶבֶןbəʾevenIn stone

אוֹʾwōDesire

בְאֶגְרֹףvəʾegərōp̄In clenched

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יָמוּתyāmûtDie

וְנָפַלwənāp̄alAnd fall

לְמִשְׁכָּבləmišəkāvTo bed

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction

יְרִיבֻןyərîvunToss

אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan

וְהִכָּהwəhikāhAnd strike

אִישׁʾîšMan

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate

בְּאֶבֶןbəʾevenIn stone

אוֹʾwōDesire

בְאֶגְרֹףvəʾegərōp̄In clenched

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יָמוּתyāmûtDie

וְנָפַלwənāp̄alAnd fall

לְמִשְׁכָּבləmišəkāvTo bed

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