“And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.”
Exodus 21:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 21:2014 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/כִֽיwəkiy
and ifconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יַכֶּה֩yakeh
he will strikeverbH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
אִ֨ישׁʾiyš
anyonenounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עַבְדּ֜/וֹʿabədwō
male slave hisnounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
א֤וֹʾwō
orconjH176
and · either · if · at the least ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲמָת/וֹ֙ʾămātwō
female slave hisnounH519
maid
בַּ/שֵּׁ֔בֶטbašēbeṭ
with the rodpronH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
וּ/מֵ֖תwmēt
and he will dieconjH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
תַּ֣חַתtaḥat
underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
יָד֑/וֹyādwō
hand hisnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
נָקֹ֖םnāqōm
certainlyverbH5358
self) · punish · revenge · surely ···
יִנָּקֵֽםyināqēm
he will be avengedverbH5358
self) · punish · revenge · surely ···
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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