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Exodus 21:29 — King James Version← Study notes

But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.


Exodus 21:29Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 21:2919 words
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
שׁוֹרšwōrBullock
נַגָּחnagāḥButting
הוּאhûʾHe
מִתְּמֹלmitəmōlFrom ago
שִׁלְשֹׁםšiləšōmTrebly
וְהוּעַדwəhûʿadAnd duplicate
בִּבְעָלָיוbivəʿālāywIn master
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִשְׁמְרֶנּוּyišəmərenûHedge
וְהֵמִיתwəhēmîtAnd die
אִישׁʾîšMan
אוֹʾwōDesire
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
הַשּׁוֹרhašwōrThe bullock
יִסָּקֵלyisāqēlBe weighty
וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage
בְּעָלָיוbəʿālāywMaster
יוּמָתyûmātDie
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
שׁוֹרšwōrBullock
נַגָּחnagāḥButting
הוּאhûʾHe
מִתְּמֹלmitəmōlFrom ago
שִׁלְשֹׁםšiləšōmTrebly
וְהוּעַדwəhûʿadAnd duplicate
בִּבְעָלָיוbivəʿālāywIn master
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יִשְׁמְרֶנּוּyišəmərenûHedge
וְהֵמִיתwəhēmîtAnd die
אִישׁʾîšMan
אוֹʾwōDesire
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
הַשּׁוֹרhašwōrThe bullock
יִסָּקֵלyisāqēlBe weighty
וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage
בְּעָלָיוbəʿālāywMaster
יוּמָתyûmātDie

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