Exodus 22:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.”

Exodus 22:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 22:418 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יַבְעֶרyavəʿerKindle

אִישׁʾîšMan

שָׂדֶהśādehField

אוֹʾwōDesire

כֶרֶםḵeremGarden

וְשִׁלַּחwəšilaḥAnd send

אֶתʾet—

בעירהvʿyrhCattle

בְּעִירוֹbəʿîrwōCattle

וּבִעֵרûviʿērAnd kindle

בִּשְׂדֵהbiśədēhIn field

אַחֵרʾaḥērHinder

מֵיטַבmêṭavBest

שָׂדֵהוּśādēhûField

וּמֵיטַבûmêṭavAnd best

כַּרְמוֹkarəmwōGarden

יְשַׁלֵּםyəšalēmBe safe

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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