Exodus 21:28 — King James Version← Study notes

“If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.”

Exodus 21:28 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 21:2819 words

וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction

יִגַּחyigaḥButt

שׁוֹרšwōrBullock

אֶתʾet—

אִישׁʾîšMan

אוֹʾwōDesire

אֶתʾet—

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman

וָמֵתwāmētAnd die

סָקוֹלsāqwōlBe weighty

יִסָּקֵלyisāqēlBe weighty

הַשּׁוֹרhašwōrThe bullock

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יֵאָכֵלyēʾāḵēlEat

אֶתʾet—

בְּשָׂרוֹbəśārwōFlesh

וּבַעַלûvaʿalAnd master

הַשּׁוֹרhašwōrThe bullock

נָקִיnāqîInnocent

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

יִגַּחyigaḥButt

שׁוֹרšwōrBullock

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אִישׁʾîšMan

אוֹʾwōDesire

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman

וָמֵתwāmētAnd die

סָקוֹלsāqwōlBe weighty

יִסָּקֵלyisāqēlBe weighty

הַשּׁוֹרhašwōrThe bullock

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יֵאָכֵלyēʾāḵēlEat

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּשָׂרוֹbəśārwōFlesh

וּבַעַלûvaʿalAnd master

הַשּׁוֹרhašwōrThe bullock

נָקִיnāqîInnocent

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