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Exodus 22:6 — King James Version← Study notes

If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.


Exodus 22:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 22:617 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
יִתֵּןyitēnGive
אִישׁʾîšMan
אֶלʾelNear
רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate
כֶּסֶףkesep̄Silver
אוֹʾwōDesire
כֵלִיםḵēlîmPrepared
לִשְׁמֹרlišəmōrTo hedge
וְגֻנַּבwəgunavAnd thieve
מִבֵּיתmibêtFrom a house
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
אִםʾimLo!
יִמָּצֵאyimāṣēʾCome
הַגַּנָּבhaganāvThe stealer
יְשַׁלֵּםyəšalēmBe safe
שְׁנָיִםšənāyimTwo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
יִתֵּןyitēnGive
אִישׁʾîšMan
אֶלʾelNear
רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate
כֶּסֶףkesep̄Silver
אוֹʾwōDesire
כֵלִיםḵēlîmPrepared
לִשְׁמֹרlišəmōrTo hedge
וְגֻנַּבwəgunavAnd thieve
מִבֵּיתmibêtFrom a house
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
אִםʾimLo!
יִמָּצֵאyimāṣēʾCome
הַגַּנָּבhaganāvThe stealer
יְשַׁלֵּםyəšalēmBe safe
שְׁנָיִםšənāyimTwo

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