Exodus 21:22 — King James Version← Study notes
“If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.”
Exodus 21:22 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 21:2220 words
וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction
יִנָּצוּyināṣûGo forth
אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan
וְנָגְפוּwənāgəp̄ûAnd push
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
הָרָהhārāhPregnant
וְיָצְאוּwəyāṣəʾûAnd go
יְלָדֶיהָyəlādeyhāSomething born
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
אָסוֹןʾāswōnHurt
עָנוֹשׁʿānwōšUrge
יֵעָנֵשׁyēʿānēšUrge
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
יָשִׁיתyāšîtPlace
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
בַּעַלbaʿalMaster
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
וְנָתַןwənātanAnd give
בִּפְלִלִיםbip̄əlilîmIn magistrate
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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