Exodus 21:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“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
וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction
יַכֶּהyakehStrike
אִישׁʾîšMan
אֶתʾet—
עַבְדּוֹʿavədwōServant
אוֹʾwōDesire
אֶתʾet—
אֲמָתוֹʾămātwōMaid-servant
בַּשֵּׁבֶטbašēveṭIn scion
וּמֵתûmētAnd die
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
יָדוֹyādwōHand
נָקֹםnāqōmGrudge
יִנָּקֵםyināqēmGrudge
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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