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Exodus 21:33 — King James Version← Study notes

And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;


Exodus 21:33Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 21:3316 words
וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction
יִפְתַּחyip̄ətaḥOpen wide
אִישׁʾîšMan
בּוֹרbwōrHole
אוֹʾwōDesire
כִּיRelative conjunction
יִכְרֶהyiḵərehDig
אִישׁʾîšMan
בֹּרbōrHole
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יְכַסֶּנּוּyəḵasenûPlump
וְנָפַלwənāp̄alAnd fall
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
שּׁוֹרšwōrBullock
אוֹʾwōDesire
חֲמוֹרḥămwōrAss
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְכִיwəḵîAnd relative conjunction
יִפְתַּחyip̄ətaḥOpen wide
אִישׁʾîšMan
בּוֹרbwōrHole
אוֹʾwōDesire
כִּיRelative conjunction
יִכְרֶהyiḵərehDig
אִישׁʾîšMan
בֹּרbōrHole
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יְכַסֶּנּוּyəḵasenûPlump
וְנָפַלwənāp̄alAnd fall
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
שּׁוֹרšwōrBullock
אוֹʾwōDesire
חֲמוֹרḥămwōrAss

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